Plan for the nation

Santos tables National Development Plan that seeks to tackle rural poverty, close rich-poor divide, invest millions in housing and schools and fund...

Santos blasted over false positives

[caption id="attachment_4600" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Colombian victims and citizens protesting because of Colombia’s so-called “false...

The peso’s plunge

[caption id="attachment_4605" align="alignright" width="300"] USD - Peso in the past year. Graph: xe.com[/caption] The Bogota Post talks to the...

Vallenato for beginners

Avid fan Lee Ritter explains his love affair with Colombia’s most divisive musical genre When I first arrived in Bogota in 2008, one of the...

Motoring the Magdalena

Colombians speed to victory in World River Marathon Championships [caption id="attachment_4566" align="aligncenter" width="610"] Photo:...

The sport that’s Lacross-ing continents

[caption id="attachment_4545" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo: Lotty Lawrence[/caption] One of the oldest team sports in North America is...

Back to the Future

We help you make your New Year’s resolutions  and talk about the year ahead Happy New Year! Across the world, many people celebrate the new...

The year ahead

Bogota is bursting at the seams with cultural events and entertainment in 2015 - keep your finger on the pulse with our handy look at what’s in...

Boko Haram massacre in Nigeria

The human rights group Amnesty International released satellite photos last week that it said showed widespread destruction in a number of villages...

2015: Olympiad

Carlos Villegas, member of the Colombian Olympic Academy,  takes a look at the year ahead [caption id="attachment_4509" align="alignright"...