Artists from Chocó, the most western Department of Colombia, recorded a song about how happy they are with incoming U.S. President Barack Obama. Unlike Shakira, musical group Bocachico wasn’t invited…
It gets kind of tedious for those that know Colombia to be confronted by the country’s stigma of being nothing but drug cartels, communist guerrillas, jungle and an anti-American population.…
As yet another example of the glorious failure of foreign language education in the United States, I have a less-than-stellar ability to speak Spanish. In fact, my Spanish is complete…
Colombian Henry Sanchéz isn’t crazy, but he is walking 30,000 kilometers from the south of Argentina to the northernmost U.S. State Alaska. The 35-year old university teacher from Ipiales started…
Colombia is a big country, not so much for its square miles, but definitely for the time it takes you to get to another part of the country. Because of…
Two clowns and a mime conned at least 150 families on the outskirts of Barranquilla by exciting local children about an upcoming show, selling tickets to their parents and then…
There’s a number of things happening in Colombia on new year’s eve you may find strange. They kinda make perfect sense though once you have them explained. Yellow underwear You…
Good news. Roberto, the brother of slain drug lord Pablo Escobar, says he found the cure for AIDS. Roberto Escobar Gaviria told local Medellín television he has been involved in…
Footprints of two hippos that had escaped slain drug lord Pablo Escobar’s private zoo two years ago have been located in the east of Antioquia, locals say. Inhabitants of Puerto…