Road to Rio: May

As the Olympic Games, the world’s biggest sporting festival draws ever closer, our monthly column keeps you up to date with the Colombian...

Medellín hosts BMX World Championships

[caption id="attachment_15479" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The WC takes place on the newly built Pista de Mariana Pajón in Medellín. Photo:...

La Guajira: Estimated 14,000 dead from malnutrition

Simon West visits communities in La Guajira and hears tales of corruption, neglect, exploitation and a touch of optimism from people there The...

Maxim Februari & Brigitte Baptiste talk gender

[caption id="attachment_15358" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Maxim Februari. Photo: Chris Rijksen[/caption] We sit in the sumptuous...

No merging al Parque

As the city reverses its controversial decision on the al Parque music events, Azzam Alkadhi looks into the festival fiasco A little over a...

News roundup: May

[caption id="attachment_15324" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Spencer Tunick with 18,000 models in Mexico city[/caption] Naked Bogotá American...

Colombian Bloggers Association

The Colombian Bloggers Association (CBA) was formed in 2015 to unify the work of bloggers that write primarily in English. It provides a single...

Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich at FILBo

[caption id="attachment_15297" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Svetlana Alexievich: "War and women are incompatible, which is why their voice is so...

FILBo: The joy of the written word

Oli Pritchard takes The Bogotá Post on a speedy trip through this year’s Dutch themed FILBo Leer es Volar. To read is to fly. A succinct...

‘Peace cabinet’ fracas

President Santos' government faces severe fractures in the coalition and its lowest approval ratings in years Figures from the latest Gallup...