Tone it down son!

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Jolly Holidays

With the end of this year and the beginning of the next comes a whole host of Colombian festivals across the country. We take a look at the big...

Giving thanks

Katie Jacoby takes a look at all the ways to say thanks in Spanish, wherever we’re from American and Canadian expats in Bogotá were...

Making a difference

We take a look at three very different community projects trying to make a change for the better in Colombia   Making big waves near...

Colombia’s youth ambassadors

Emma Newbery meets Colombia’s returning Youth Ambassadors and finds out how they plan to build change It’s not often that you get asked...

New initiative helps pets of the homeless

Simon West heads to the Bronx, spending the day with pets, vets and some of the city’s homeless community to find out more about Bogotá’s free...

Nuquí: Our very own Newquay

[caption id="attachment_8725" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Nestor Tello taking a moment out with some members of the surf club. Photos:...

Taxing times

Faye Griffiths argues that we have a moral responsibility to pay tax - even in a country with a history of corruption While I should’ve been...

Are YOU risking deportation? Working in Colombia

[caption id="attachment_8689" align="alignnone" width="594"] It is your responisbility to have all your paperwork in order, or you could end up in...

Thanks for the grub

Thanksgiving is upon you and the American readers among us will no doubt be busily planning the best way to celebrate the occasion here in the...