The conversation amongst Washington insiders this week revolved around the everything-but-confirmed appointment of Hillary Clinton as Barack Obama’s Secretary of State. Senator Clinton’s new job puts her at the forefront…
Many angry people were on the streets Thursday: indigenous people and customers of the controversial financial company DMG in Bogotá, customers of DMG throughout the poor department of Putumayo in…
Long live the Queen! Michelle Rouillard Estrada, Miss Cauca, has become the new Miss Colombia. Even though Colombia gained its independence from a royal regime, it seems as the nation…
Colombian President Álvaro Uribe has declared the desire to increase the public external debt rather than decrease spending in social programs such as “Familias en accion” and his almost holy…
I am about starting to tremble like a straw. At least two times I wrote an email to the FARC asking for an interview. The first time with Ingrid Betancourt.…
Walking inexhaustibly through the jungle for three days and three nights while being gravely ill, Oscar Tulio Lizcano escaped from the guerrilla members that had held him captive for over…
Around the world Barack Obama has become an unlikely star, from Kenya, where business is booming by printing shirts with Obama’s photos, to Japan where the town that bears his…
Hugo Chávez kicked him out of Venezuela when Human Rights Watch had written a critical report about human rights in the country. Álvaro Uribe said that he had lost respect…
“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.”Seneca The quote of this Stoic philosopher perfectly illustrates the nature…