Local festival in Copa América 2015

[caption id="attachment_6850" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Colombian fans were present in large numbers at the Copa América quarterfinal. Photo...

Editorial: Colombia unite! Get yourselves together!

Colombia’s football fans are famous for their passion, but Freek Huigen thinks they need to strike the right note with more anthems they can sing...

Peace process coming to an end – ‘for good or bad’

As the peace talks reach what the International Crisis Group calls ‘their toughest stretch’, the FARC called a one-month unilateral ceasefire –...

Army top dogs ‘knew about false positives’

[caption id="attachment_6832" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A photo from the Human Rights Watch report depicting false positive victims. Photo:...

Coca growth up by 44%

[caption id="attachment_6828" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The area in Colombia growing coca plants has risen by 44 percent according to a new UN...

On the offensive

[caption id="attachment_6825" align="aligncenter" width="960"] “They’re rapists,” Donald Trump says of Mexican immigrants.[/caption] Trump...

Colombia, Venezuela in marine territory dispute

[caption id="attachment_6823" align="aligncenter" width="640"] The disputed Colombia-Venezuela marine borders[/caption] Venezuela draws fury of...

Colombia’s ‘Birdman’ dies in Switzerland

[caption id="attachment_6818" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Jhonathan Flórez, right, seen soaring with other wingsuit...

Cartoonist’s father first legal euthanasia case

A 79-year-old terminally ill cancer patient was allowed to die last week in Colombia’s first ever legal euthanasia. Ovidio González, the father...

Getting to grips with regional accents in the United Kingdom

Oliver Pritchard takes a light-hearted linguistic trip around the accents of the British Isles - beware, stereotypes abound Well, term is over...