Posted by Hannah Mead | Apr 23, 2013 | Caribbean
The Vallenato Legend festival, one of Colombia’s biggest popular culture events, will return to the city of Valledupar in the northern Colombian department of Cesar between April 26 and 30. The festival was founded in 1968...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Mead | Apr 22, 2013 | Economy
Two top businesswomen in Colombia, a country that has just over 50% of its women in the workforce, said Monday they attribute their success to hard work and commitment. Although gender equality is far from a reality in Colombia,...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Mead | Apr 19, 2013 | Economy
New figures from Colombia’s government statistics agency, DANE, showed a 9% increase in imports during the first two months of 2013 as compared to the same period last year. Despite the 9% increase, DANE reported that the...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Mead | Apr 19, 2013 | Tourism
Bogota’s international airport ranked among the worst in the world according to online travel agency eDreams. El Dorado airport in Bogota scored fourth worst on the yearly ranking, based on thousands of reviews from...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Mead | Apr 19, 2013 | War and peace
The Colombian government’s lead negotiator in peace talks with rebel group FARC on Thursday decried the “verbal civil war” initiated by vehement opponents of the peace process. “Sometimes it seems as if...
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