Gustavo Petro, the (still, just) current holder of the third biggest job in Colombia (behind that of the President, and, of course, writing for See Colombia Travel) is many things to many people. But, what kind of person is he, exactly? –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– It depends who you talk to you, it seems. […]
Category: Colombia Politics
So, the results are in. And it was a landslide. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– With a staggering 30 percent of the over a million online votes, ex-president of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, has been declared the Greatest Colombian of All Time by the History Channel. Showing that Colombia is always a country of enormous contrasts, […]
One thing that may well strike you, as it does me, when walking around the cities of Colombia, is the number of bright green vests you can see everywhere. When someone asks me, for the millionth time, if Colombia is safe, and I reflexively roll my eyes, I suppose one of the reasons for my […]
Above is a photo of a city that’s found itself the centre of a bit of a media uproar. During the otherwise completely succesful Madonna tour of Medellín, Madge’s little pride and joy, Rocco, posted a photo of the very same city to his private Instagram account. The furore about this isn’t over whether this […]
Guest posts at the Colombia Travel Blog do not necessarily represent the opinion of our team. In fact, they are often chosen specifically because they offer an alternative perspective and can give rise to interesting debate. Guest authors neither pay nor receive any sort of compensation for their participation. Illustrations and captions are provided by […]
Guest posts at the Colombia Travel Blog do not necessarily represent the opinion of our team. In fact, they are often chosen specifically because they offer an alternative perspective and can give rise to interesting debate. Guest authors neither pay nor receive any sort of compensation for their participation. Illustrations and captions are provided by The […]
UPDATE! Last night we were featured on two major US publications, the Huffington Post and NBC. They covered our story about Nicole, the woman that was kidnapped in Colombia 36 years ago and reunited with her family recently. This is great news, and once again we want to thank you all for helping us as […]
When I first came to Colombia Alvaro Uribe was president, and Juan Manuel Santos was his right-hand man and Defence Minister. By the summer of 2010 Santos had been elected to continue Uribe’s hard-line policies against the FARC. Today the two men are enemies, with Uribe the official opposition to his former protégé. –> Colombia […]