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From fancy firewater to frightened footballers: The international press on Colombia

Cumbé, a fancy aguardiente is named ‘the go to summer mixer’ in the States according to Vogue Photo: Cumbé spirits

Plus robot babies, a controversial Economist op-ed, and the School of Smut – all hot of the international press

Roads to nowhere

The financial impact of the ‘lost Llanos’ was featured The Economist, reporting on the catastrophic landslides that closed the main Bogotá to Villavicencio highway for the foreseeable future. With three mountain ranges, the highest rainfall in the world – and currently with 12 major roads blocked by mudslides – Colombia was a “road-builder’s nightmare,” concluded the article. It might also have added “and road-users nightmare.”

Steve Hide: Steve Hide is a veteran journalist and NGO consultant with decades of experience working in Colombia and around the world. He has coordinated logistics for international NGOs in countries including Colombia, Venezuela and Zimbabwe. He provides personal safety training for journalists via the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and his journalistic work has appeared in The Telegraph, The Independent, The Bogotá Post and more. He's also the Editor in Chief of Colombiacorners.com, where he writes about roads less travelled across Colombia.
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