One of the most radical members of Colombia’s hard right opposition on Tuesday said that the 1928 Banana Massacre in which hundreds of employees of the United Fruit Company were…
A wealthy man named Jaime Angulo was arrested on Monday for a crime committed nearly 20 years ago to the day, one that forever altered a town called Ituango. According…
Colombia has produced many fine movies over the past decades. If you want to dive deep into Colombian culture and history, we recommend the following ten films as good places to…
Former Nazi German dictator Adolf Hitler survived World War II and resided in Colombia for several months in 1954, according to a recently declassified CIA document. The declassified United States…
Newspaper El Tiempo’s Juan Gossain recently uncovered Colombia’s “first corruption scandal” in history, dating all the way back to 1602. The scandal unfolded in Santa Fe de Bogota, when the…
The FARC announced Tuesday that the newly-formed political party will celebrate its former guerrilla commander “Mono Jojoy” on Friday, drawing fierce criticism. The former guerrilla group’s new political party, the…
An extremely rare copy of Colombia’s declaration of independence has been recovered from a government building that was abandoned in 1999 after a guerrilla attack. The announcement was made by…
Colombia will seek the return of Pre-Columbian statues currently in the possession of Germany’s Ethnological Museum, local media reported Wednesday. The statues currently in the Berlin museum were taken by…
It’s been 165 years since the abolishment of slavery in Colombia, yet Afro-Colombians are still fighting for equality and justice, partly due to ignorance of history. If you’ve been following…