How the town behind Colombia’s most iconic ‘sombrero’ can cash in on the Orange Economy

A seller of sombreros in Tuchín looks at his handiwork. Photo by Jonathan Hernandez The sombrero vueltiao is arguably the most emblematic piece...

Colombia’s strike leaders tell the government to listen

Representatives of the National Strike Committee say strikes in Colombia will continue and ask president Duque to listen to the demands of the...

Reactions to FARC rebels’ return to arms

Reactions to the announcement that former FARC members will return to arms has been swift, both inside and outside Colombia.  The Colombian...

What is the government’s current commitment to protecting social leaders in Colombia?

Silent demonstrations take place on on Medellín's metro, July 26, 2019. Image courtesy of Movimiento Defendamos La Paz. According to Colombia’s...

JEP budget for 2020 to reduce by 30 percent

March in defense of the JEP, Bogotá, March 2019. Image courtesy of Deposit Photos. The budget for the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) will...

Guzmán: The FARC share the blame for the peace agreement’s failure

Colombia's government signed the peace agreement with the FARC-EP in September 2016. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. It’s fair to say that...

Colombia’s courts are in crisis

What the JEP is going on? Wednesday’s resignation of Nestor Humberto Martínez, Colombia’s Attorney General, took the country by surprise....

Opinion: No justice, no peace

Colombian President Iván Duque at a memorial service for victims of a car bombing in Bogotá last month. Photo by Efraín Herrera: Presidencia ...

Bogotá blast kills nine at police training academy

Photo courtesy of bogota.gov.co A car explosion that occurred this morning in Bogotá’s Escuela General Santander, the Colombian National Police...

Confiscation, Caracas, cocoa and cocaine again

[caption id="attachment_32767" align="alignnone" width="960"] The almost indestructible hippos that escaped from Escobar might actually help to...