Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 20, 2012 | Guests
As part of my Happy Nomad Tour I came to Colombia with an open mind, open heart, and some caution. Despite meeting countless amazing Colombians abroad, I couldn’t shake what I had heard about Colombia all my life. Colombia was...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 20, 2012 | News
Colombian and American universities, together with several non-governmental organizations released ten lessons they think should be learned from the 1999 – 2002 peace talks that ended unsuccessfully exactly ten years ago...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 19, 2012 | News
Police in Medellin on Saturday said they have arrested the brother and alleged second-in-command of local crime boss “Sebastian,” leader of the “Oficina de Envigado” which allegedly controls the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 19, 2012 | Tourism
The Colombian government threatens to intervene if a labor dispute with the country’s air-traffic controllers that is causing massive delays and cancellation of flights is not solved before the end of the month. The...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 19, 2012 | Caribbean
Local newspaper El Heraldo en reggaeton act Dragon y Caballero both made videos of what the first day of Barranquilla’s carnival was like. The newspaper did so from the audience’s perspective, the reggaetoneros did...
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