As femicides reach 7-year-high in Colombia, experts offer solutions to gender violence

March on International Women's Day. Image credit: Andrea Chacón via Unsplash New data shows that femicides in Colombia have reached their...

Feeding the fire

[caption id="attachment_8633" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Image from Nasa’s Terra satellite, 24 September, shows smoke from fires in Indonesia...

Illegal mining: better than cocaine

[caption id="attachment_6397" align="alignnone" width="600"] 60 percent of the country’s illegal mines produce gold. Photo:...

Bumpy road to peace

[caption id="attachment_5927" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Photo: politicaexterior.com[/caption] Greg Haugan speaks to a conflict resolution NGO...

Victims ‘have a right to the truth’

[caption id="attachment_4950" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Kofi Annan visits Colombia, meeting with President Santos. Photo: Federico...

Buenaventura: Violence without end

[caption id="attachment_4659" align="aligncenter" width="610"] Buenaventura is a port city on the Pacific coast of Colombia and home to nearly...

Krokodil tears?

As rumours abound of a horrifying new drug that is being circulated in Medellin in preparation for importation and sale, Charlotte Ryan points out...

Crime at Christmas

[caption id="attachment_3783" align="alignnone" width="640"] Photo: Geoffrey Fairchild CC BY 2.0)[/caption] It’s not all canezalos and candles;...

‘What Person Deserves To Die In This Way?’

As conflict victims meet their aggressors in Havana, Cuba, The Bogota Post interviews a young victim from Arauca who lost her father to the FARC...

Sport And Nation Building

Like many, I have been swept away with football fever in this World Cup. Partly because of Colombia’s performance, partly because the enthusiasm...