When the Party’s Over:

After his experience at the San Pacho festival, Azzam Alkadhi examines the realities of Choco in focus So troubled was I by the stark...

Choco-ed Full Of Contrasts

[caption id="attachment_1243" align="alignright" width="246"] A musician participates in the San Pacho festival celebrations Photo: Azzam...

Por-alysis Para-lysis

Mastering por and para is part and parcel of speaking good Spanish. Katie Jacoby crams everything you need to know into her no-frills...

Rage Against The Machine?

Tools like Google Translate are not flawless, but they can have their uses, says Rachel Beresford We’ve all done it  – turned to Google...

You Talkin’ To Me?

[caption id="attachment_1084" align="alignleft" width="300"] She said she loved me....She said she loved me. Photo: Jeff Kubina CC BY-SA...

Plastic Fantastic

[caption id="attachment_1210" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Photo: limiya CC BY-SA 3.0[/caption] Our columnist Adriaan Alsema points out that we...

Santos: ELN Peace Talks Conundrum

A few days before President Santos was re-elected, he promised the Colombian people peace talks with the ELN. But as guest writer Richard McColl...

World News Round-Up…

LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN Argentina: A US judge ruled that Argentina is in contempt of court for refusing to obey an order to repay the debt it...

The View From Palestine

[caption id="attachment_21786" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Differences between the two sides continue to cause friction in the ongoing...

Bogota’s TransMilenio System: A Painful Route to the Future

[caption id="attachment_1113" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Rush hour commuters pack Calle 100 TransMilenio Station in this undated photo. Debate...