The weird things you can buy in weird places
Colombia has a large “informal” economy, made up of street vendors, hustlers, maids, jugglers, fake sick people, prostitutes and what not. This informal economy provides the families of those that…
Colombia has a large “informal” economy, made up of street vendors, hustlers, maids, jugglers, fake sick people, prostitutes and what not. This informal economy provides the families of those that…
Bogotá’s trees got a lot of loving Wednesday from about 200 Colombians and foreigners who went around giving their leafy friends hugs as part of a ritual to clean the…
It’s really not a sin not to like Colombian food. It’s actually quite understandable if you just don’t like arepa and don’t want to learn to like it too. The…
Canal RCN reports that Jesus appeared on a leaf Monday in the northernmost department of Colombia, provoking hundreds of believers to line up for a chance to see the supposed…
Harold Padilla Betancourt (24) from Cartagena did it again. For the 27th (twenty seventh!) time in two years he ended up in jail. This time because he had stolen the…
As part of our enduring commitment to do the dirty work and the heavy lifting, the tough stuff and lo bien difícil, so that all of you can enjoy yourselves…
Don’t expect the billowing nudes of Colombian artist Fernando Botero to relieve your physical pain, say scientists. More precisely, if you happen to have a laser focused on your hands…
Colombians have a different concept of time. Ahora (now) in Colombia means later. Ahorita (right now) in Colombia means in a bit. Ya (already) in Colombia means now(-ish). De una…
Can a lawsuit mend a broken heart? A ten-year-old boy in eastern Colombia who sued his separated parents for not loving him seems to thinks so. In a country not…