Hips and Salsa

[caption id="attachment_4079" align="alignright" width="200"] Londoner Eli Verth dancing to Hector Lavoe with teacher Marcela Orozco[/caption] The...

2014: Theatre

[caption id="attachment_4089" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Daniela de Angel performs a monologue from Miss Julie. Photo: Bogota...

When it rains it pours

[caption id="attachment_4017" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Photo: Wagner Machado Carlos Lemes CC BY 2.0[/caption] Katie Jacoby outfits you with...

Navidad in two cultures

Rachel Beresford discovers the difficulties of doing two Christmases “But you can’t leave already,” she said, the final traces of Christmas...

Peace Process explained

[caption id="attachment_3885" align="aligncenter" width="960"] FARC and government delegations met with Colombia's conflict victims in August, giving...

Santos rejects FARC ceasefire conditions

[caption id="attachment_4032" align="aligncenter" width="960"] FARC lead peace talks negotiator alias 'Ivan Marquez' seen in this undated file photo....

Crime at Christmas

[caption id="attachment_3783" align="alignnone" width="640"] Photo: Geoffrey Fairchild CC BY 2.0)[/caption] It’s not all canezalos and candles;...

Gastronomy Special

Bogota’s reputation as Colombia’s culinary hotspot continues to grow, with an influx of top-quality international and fusion restaurants over the...

How Colombia stacks up

[caption id="attachment_3778" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Photo: Ben Bowes CC BY 2.0[/caption] As the year comes to a close, agencies release...

Bogota nativity sets records

A COLOMBIAN CHRISTMAS is no small thing. This year Bogota is hosting the world’s largest Nativity scene, while in the township of Monteria, in...