Colombia’s Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Tourism announced its plan to teach English to 7,000 tourism service providers throughout the country by 2015 in hopes of making Colombia a world-renowned…
An English engineer and train enthusiast has purchased a steam locomotive in Bogota Steve Cossey, who has kept alive a childhood love of locomotives, bought a 90-year-old train in Bogota…
English language education in Colombia is producing dire results, despite programs to encourage Spanish-English bilingualism, newspaper El Tiempo reported Tuesday. According to the newspaper, the Ministry of Education in conjunction…
Colombia’s beauty queens excel in innumerous fields to an almost supernatural extent, but the candidates for Miss Colombia 2010 failed miserably in a test to prove their knowledge of the…
A U.S embassy-run scholarship program in Medellin is giving young, academically-gifted Colombians, displaced by violence in their hometowns, a chance to expand their opportunities. The two-year Access “micro-scholarship,” program, for…
As Latin rhythms increasingly weave their way into the production of western pop music, and new salsa bars heat up cities from Tokyo to Tbilisi, people around the world are…
English language competency among Colombian university graduates is still inadequate, despite courses and exams designed to ensure proficiency, reports El Tiempo. Alejandro Zuluaga, 25, recently graduated from university with a…
English-speaking visitors to Colombia’s premier tourist destination Cartagena will no longer have to engage in elaborate games of charades with taxi drivers, thanks to a new initiative to equip 4,000 taxis…
A 32-year-old English man, left paralyzed by a diving accident in Colombia, arrived back in the UK on Tuesday following a Facebook campaign to raise the funds to fly him…