US soldiers ‘raped dozens of girls’

[caption id="attachment_5252" align="alignright" width="610"] US troops stationed in Melgar, Colombia, sexually abused more than 50 girls. Photo: CC...

Bogotá bombings and Burglaries

[caption id="attachment_5241" align="alignnone" width="720"] A bus burns after a bomb attack in the south of Bogota on March 18. Photo:...

Ecopetrol officials charged with corruption

Long list of charges for accepting more than COP $2bn in bribes Colombian authorities earlier this month arrested four current Ecopetrol officials...

Constitutional court crisis

[caption id="attachment_5234" align="alignright" width="300"] Embattled Constitutional Court President Jorge Pretelt. Photo: Twitter[/caption] Court...

Trafficked animals freed in Amazon

[caption id="attachment_5230" align="alignright" width="300"] A close-up of a white-faced Capuchin monkey. Photo: Marissa Strniste CC BY...

Organised crime Colombia’s biggest problem: UN report

[caption id="attachment_5263" align="alignright" width="300"] A member of the Urabeños criminal band after his capture by Colombian authorities....

Peace Process Latest:

[caption id="attachment_5267" align="alignright" width="300"] Lead FARC negotiator Ivan Marquez. Photo: farcpaz-ep.org[/caption] FARC’s chief drug...

Who’s behind Basura Cero?

[caption id="attachment_5219" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Basura Cero, Bogotá Photo: Nick Ibister[/caption] Rubbish collectors: you see them...

To be or not to be

Katie Jacoby gets ser-ious about ser and estar It’s one (or two) of the most commonly used verbs, and one of the biggest bugbears for Spanish...

What we talk about when we talk about cycling

[caption id="attachment_5202" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Cyclists gathering for the beginning of the World Bicycle Forum in...