A view from France: ‘But Dad, you don’t kill people for drawing pictures’

Shrugs, barricaded schools and marches as a nation tries to come to terms with what happened. Paul Whitfield reports from his home near...

Not as simple as ‘with or against’

Azzam Alkadhi rejects the idea that all Muslims should apologise for the crimes of a tiny minority The sad events at Charlie Hebdo in Paris are...

Krokodil tears?

As rumours abound of a horrifying new drug that is being circulated in Medellin in preparation for importation and sale, Charlotte Ryan points out...

Housing complex for conflict victims

[caption id="attachment_4374" align="alignleft" width="300"] Paloquemao market[/caption] More than 400 new housing units are being built in Bogota...

Colombia has reasons to cry and reasons to smile

Reports released in January show the country’s grim realities and highlight its positives [caption id="attachment_4340" align="alignright"...

Connecting Colombia

[caption id="attachment_4335" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Billionaire tech mogul Mark Zuckerberg was in Bogota last week to unveil a new...

FARC and government teams mull ceasefire

[caption id="attachment_4353" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Members of the FARC’s peace talks delegation in Havana, Cuba, seen in this undated...

ELN ‘close to talks’

[caption id="attachment_18041" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Colombia's second largest rebel group, the ELN, are in talks with the...

‘Little Miss Thong’ pageant sparks outrage

A beauty pageant which took place in Santander last week, featuring 6- to 12-year-olds in bikinis,  has drawn criticism and officials are now...

Preparations in place for ‘El Niño threat’

The Colombian government is readying for a significant shift in weather patterns after meteorologists  warned of a 50-50 chance that the phenomenon...