Organizers of the Petronio Alvarez Pacific Music Festival in Cali have traveled along Colombia’s west coast to find singers, dancers and models to represent the folkloric culture of the Pacific…
Colombia on Tuesday celebrates the Battle of Boyaca, a national holiday dedicated to an 1819 battle that proved crucial in acquiring independence from Spain. On the bank holiday, President Juan…
The training ship of the Colombian Navy, “Gloria,” will open its doors to visitors in Spain this weekend. During its seventh sail around the world, Gloria has made its stop…
Singers Shakira and Pitbull have presented a new video together, reported newspaper El Espectador. The video “Get It Started” was streamed on Pitbull’s YouTube account Thursday and will be included…
Colombian singer Juanes ventures into new territory by recording songs in various languages, including English, before his performance in Los Angeles August 17 and 18. “I’ve already recorded songs in…
A collection of 15 works written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez went on sale Tuesday throughout Latin America to commemorate the 30-year anniversary of the Colombian writer’s Nobel Prize for Literature.…
Colombia’s most notorious cocaine kingpin is now its latest cultural export, thanks to the success of soap opera “Escobar: The Boss of Evil.” A very maniacal-looking Pablo Escobar watches commuters as they…
Colombian signer Jaunes will perform at the “Beat Goes On IV” concert in Washington, D.C. on July 26. Juanes’ contribution will be part the 2012 XIX International AIDS Conference, which…
Famed Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona will visit Colombia to promote his first album as an independent artist. Often called El Animal Nocturno—the Nocturnal Animal—after the album that brought him public…