Colombian Ship Smuggles To Scotland

A VESSEL travelling from Colombia has been detained off the Scottish coast after a huge stash of cocaine was found by Border Force agents. Police...

Bargains In Bogotá, vintage shopping

Becky Adler explores what vintage second-hand style Marly has to offer Like many expats, I’ve found that living in a different country makes you miss...

Colombia Pro Cycling

Twenty five years ago Café de Colombia, sponsored by the coffee farmers federation in Colombia, was a well-respected team on the professional circuit. They...

Ayahuasca: Is It Worth The Risk?

The Bogotá Post takes a look at Ayahuasca  and yagé - a growing trend among tourists in South America. A traditional plant mixture used by...

Santa Fe Fail To Live Up To Expectations, Coach Gutierrez Resigns

Independiente Santa Fe started the league with a great run of games under the leadership of Omar Perez and Wilder Medina, but the side...

Get The Gear

If you’re interested in discovering your kinky side, you’re going to need some stuff.  Clothes, toys...all of these are available in Bogotá's veritable plethora...

A Tale Of Two Restaurants

Cacio y Pepe Carrera 11a # 89-38 Reservas: 6447766 Not for those with a light wallet, but definitely worth splashing out on, this is the swanky new...

Happy Birthday Gringo Tuesdays

La Villa’s Gringo Tuesdays celebrated their 3rd Birthday this month, with hundreds of revellers gathering to join in the fun. Travis Crockett, the man behind...

Election Ceasefire

COLOMBIA'S TWO largest rebel groups, the FARC and ELN, have announced independent ceasefires to last throughout the country’s upcoming presidential election period. The groups’...

Colombia: Eco-Tourism Prize

Colombia has been chosen as the best eco-tourism destination in the World Travel Fair held in Shanghai, an event that brought together over 550...

Hovercrafts Combatting Insurgency

BRITISH hovercrafts are to be used in the Amazon to help Colombian military combat drug traffickers and rebel forces. The first of the Grifton 2000...

Who’s Who: Presidential Elections 2014

As the 2014 presidential elections come ever closer, Marion Sharples takes a look at each of the five candidates and their electoral promises.     Candidate Juan Manuel...

Wiping The Slate Clean

What is Voto en Blanco, and how will it affect Colombia’s Presidential election? There is a law on Colombia’s books, stating that if the majority...

Man Burnt To Death

A man died on Wednesday May 14 after being burnt alive in the street in a central area of ​​Bogotá. The homeless man, known as...

Notes On A Scandal

The Bogota Post looks at the most dramatic week Colombian politics has had in years...   Saturday 3 May: Semana columnist Daniel Coronell exposes supposed payments by...

An Introduction To The Colombian Voting System

Election 101 The Colombian presidential elections, which are held every four years, will take place on May 25. Candidates must be Colombian by birth and...