Where to go: Theatres

Güerfanitos A fun black comedy that touches on themes of loneliness, family and orphans. Brother and sister Carmelo and Lola, in their 40s, are the...

Upcoming events

Baum Festival For one night, Baum will bring together Scuba, Dave Seaman, Anja Schneider, Dino G, Darren Emerson and a number of the best local...

Rebuilding Nepal

[caption id="attachment_5857" align="aligncenter" width="570"] A square raised to the ground after the earthquake in Nepal. Photo: Hilmi...

School’s out for protests

[caption id="attachment_5848" align="aligncenter" width="608"] Photo: fecode.edu.co[/caption] Millions of students missing classes as teachers go...

Coca-killing herbicide ‘should be banned’

Colombia’s Health Minister Alejandro Gaviria has called on the government to protect communities affected by a herbicide called glyphosate On...

Step closer to legal euthanasia

Health Ministry decision paves the way for terminally ill adult patients to ‘die with dignity’ Colombia recently became the first Latin...

Uribe investigation demanded

[caption id="attachment_5833" align="aligncenter" width="570"] The Supreme Court has called for an investigation into former President Álvaro...

Rincón: ‘Panama has no evidence’

[caption id="attachment_5829" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Rincón in Bogota at peace match press conference. Photo: Jonathan...

Activists lament prison conditions

On Thursday April 23, nearly 30 activists gathered outside the Ministry of Justice in central Bogota to protest the “appalling conditions” in...

Thousands displaced in Choco

Violence forces roughly 2,000 indigenous and Afro-Colombians to flee their homes in the space of a month, UN report says Between March and April,...