Bogota received the Latin American award in Urban Planning and Information Platforms 2010 from New York’s Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), reports magazine el Dinero. ESRI is an agency that provides…
Colombia-lovers in the U.K. can get their dose of Colombian culture in the capital London this weekend as the annual Colombiage festival hits town. The festival is dedicated to celebrate…
Caracol Television and Sony Pictures Television this week start to film a 90 episode series which is their second joint production, El Espectador reports. “Los tiempos de la violencia” (In…
The Marimba music of Colombia’s southern Pacific coast and the legal system of the Wayuu indigenous people on Tuesday were added to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List. The decision was…
Colombian artists ChocQuibTown and Diomedes Diaz won awards at the Latin Grammys held in Las Vegas, Nevada on Thursday. Diomedes Diaz beat out his fellow Colombian nominees for the best…
Colombian artists have been nominated in eight categories for the Latin Grammy Awards to be held November 11 in Las Vegas, Nevada, newspaper Terra informs. Diomedes Diaz, El Binomio de…
Colombian singer Shakira received the “Free your mind” award on November 7 from MTV for her social projects during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and for promoting education…
Colombia’s Wayuu indigenous group will be officially added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list on November 15 in Nairobi, Kenya, El Informador reports. The Wayuu are being recognized by UNESCO,…
Colombian bands Bomba Estereo and Sexteto Tabala will perform at the World Music Expo (WOMEX) in Copenhagen, Denmark, this weekend. Bomba Estereo is a band from Bogota that crosses musical…