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Every country has its own unique rituals that people use to attract good fortune and repel bad luck. In his latest column, our intrepid agony uncle Jazid Contreras explores some of these quirky Colombian superstitions and the magical thinking behind them.

Having a huge forest reserve right on the edge of the city makes for some excellent hill walking. Gerald Barr is on hand with a guide to hiking Bogotá mountain trails.

How much does it cost to live in Bogotá? Of course the question depends on who you are, and the notoriously fickle field of statistics. Notwithstanding that, we present our armchair-expert findings distilled from various websites and our own random survey in the local corner shop.

My first glimpse of Abuelo Avelino, an 85 year old Taita (Healer) from the Cofan tribe in Putamayo, comes early on in the night...

Charlotte Ryan examines Bogotá's rubbish problem, Bogotá recycling, and the government’s apparent disregard for a growing community of environmentally conscious citizens. Bogotá has a waste...

Next time you drink a cold Águila beer for $1.500, you can thank James Rodriguez. Bavaria has decided to lower price of one of its...

From addiction to displacement, there are many factors that push people to live on the street. Gerald Barr speaks to some of the city’s homeless population so that they can tell some of their stories in their own words.

As the month dedicated to highlighting some of the achievements and challenges faced by Afro-Colombian kicks off, ChocQuibTown singer Goyo and activist Edna Liliana Valencia Murillo chat to Laura Brown about being black in Colombia.

North Korea hit the headlines this year when, on January 5, they claimed to have detonated their first hydrogen bomb. This was yet another threat to an uneasy peace which has lasted since the end of the Korean War. Kieran Duffy goes back over 65 years and takes a look at the little known role that 4,314 Colombians played in 1953.

A widowed Colombian farmer and her two young sons have gone viral on YouTube, to their own shock and surprise. Now their videos are educating viewers on the realities of life as a campesino.