Secret Service Caught up in Colombia Prostitution Scandal Say Being “Railroaded”
(CBS News) It was the scandal that rocked the Secret Service: agents preparing for the arrival of President Barack Obama in Colombia brought prostitutes back to their hotel. The Secret Service was swift to deal with the issue. Agents were suspended or fired. But now, for the first time, one agent is breaking his silence. Gregory Stokes was one of 11 More...
Colombian Coffee at the Crossroads As Juan Valdez turns 55 this year
Is Colombian coffee ready to retire or gearing up for a second act? This article originally appeared in Modern Farmer. “You should be getting red fruits with flower notes and, of course, some acidity,” says More...
Stunning Hairstyles Inspired by Slavery In Colourful Colombian Hair Contest
Few hairdressing contests anywhere in the world could be quite as colourful as this one in Colombia. Women and girls of all ages sat patiently as brightly coloured fabrics and beads were weaved into their hair More...
Cali and Barranquilla Recognized as Top 10 “Major American Cities of the Future”
fDi Intelligence, a division of The Financial Times focused on foreign direct investment (FDI), included Cali and Barranquilla , Colombia in its 2013/14 list of top 10 “major American cities of the future” for More...
Tourists to Colombia can trace steps of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar
Inside The World Of Cocaine Kingpin Pablo Escobar. Charismatic cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar is the subject of one of Medellin’s most unusual tours, which whisks tourists away into his old world. Medellín today More...
Bogota’s Eldorado Airport To Be An “Aeropolis”
With the transfer f the CATAM – Comando Aéreo de Transporte Militar (Military Air Transport Command) – the government will expand Bogota’s interntational airport, Eldorado and hopes to attract More...
Colombia’s first saint spent years working with indigenous people
(CNS) — In early January 2005, Carlos Eduardo Restrepo, a Colombian anesthesiologist suffering from lupus and a severe infection in his thorax, faced death. Blessed Mother Laura Montoya, the Colombian founder More...
Colombia: Conflict Normalizing Sexual Violence
Less than six months after the death of Rosa, at the demonstration in Bogota on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, participation had dropped to a few hundred (James Stapleton/JRS) When More...
Tourism in Colombia: Tiding The Magic
“Magical realism” will be familiar to many as the Latin American 20th century literary movement perhaps most typified by Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez and his international bestseller, One Hundred More...
On Mine Awareness Day, OAS praises Colombia
On the International Mine Awareness Day (April 4), the Organization of American States highlighted the successful humanitarian demining efforts throughout the Americas. National authorities in Colombia, Ecuador More...
