Rogelio Salmona: Building a better society – with bricks

[caption id="attachment_14734" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] La Biblioteca Virgilio Barco.[/caption] Lee Baker looks at how Colombian architect...

Road to Rio: Four months to go

In this monthly column, Freek Huigen will keep you up to date on the Colombian preparations for the world’s biggest sporting festival The...

Shock qualification for Colombia in World Baseball Classic

[caption id="attachment_14722" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The Colombian baseball team will be present at the World Baseball Classic for the...

Football shorts: April

[caption id="attachment_14716" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Los Cafeteros celebrate scoring against Ecuador. Photo: FCF Colombia[/caption] Los...

Sports roundup: April

[caption id="attachment_14713" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Juan Pablo Montoya won in St Petersburg to give Team Penske its eighth victory in the...

Spanish book talk

Katie Jacoby shows her bookworm side with some useful reading vocab You’re reading this article right now, so I know we have at least one...

Santos says war on drugs is not working

In recent years, Colombia has been a leading voice in saying that the ‘war on drugs’ is not working. Elly Darkin investigates some of the issues...

The travelling school goes to Cauca

Sandra from Bogotá’s Casa Taller project looks after some of Yolombó’s youngest. Sam Ling Gibson witnesses first hand the challenges faced by...

Equal marriage rights

Constitutional Court ruling paves the way for same sex marriage bill On Thursday April 7, Colombia’s Constitutional Court made the historic...

850 Colombians caught up in Panama Papers scandal

Tax justice campaigners say $14bn deposited in Panama as country’s political and business elite deny any wrongdoing About 850 people in...