Look out for Lök Colombian chocolate

Chocolate doesn’t have to make you fat! Lök is a company on a mission. They want to teach people in Colombia that chocolate is so much more...

Top stories of 2015: The odyssey of Natalia Springer

[caption id="attachment_9455" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Natalia Springer, expert analyst or scam artist?[/caption] Mike Mackenna explains how...

Top stories of 2015: Child Mortality in La Guajira – The Shame of the Nation

Mike Mackenna explains why, since at least 2008, thousands of children have died from preventable causes in the coastal department of La...

Top stories of 2015: Colombian police corruption scandal

With accusations of sex, murder, prostitution and cover ups, the Colombian national police have been rocked by allegations of dodgy dealings going...

‘International public health emergency’ Zika virus continues to spread in Colombia

Latin America has been hit by an outbreak of Zika, a virus transmitted by mosquitos which now affects 23 countries in the region. On an International...

Galleries

Bogotá is bursting at the seams with artistic offerings, from independent galleries and cultural centres to art workshops and alternative museums....

Words take over Walled City

As the famed Hay Festival prepares to hit Cartagena once again, Azzam Alkadhi hears from some of those involved and finds out what’s in...

Bogotá’s very own sports bar

”It’s the only true sports bar in Bogotá”, says Robert Garcia, the man behind Salitre-based Champs. And his claim is well founded: there may...

UN agree to monitor eventual ceasefire

[caption id="attachment_12907" align="alignnone" width="960"] Colombian soldiers in the conflict zone.[/caption] In what is being described as a...

In defence of privatising Isagen

Mike Mackenna explains why the government’s decision to fully privatise the well-managed, profitable energy company Isagen was their least bad...