–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– A couple of months ago we posted an article urging our followers to vote online for CNN’s ‘Hero of the Year’ award, for which a Colombian man, Jeison Aristizábal from Cali, was nominated. Jeison runs a foundation in his native city named the ‘Asociación de Discapacitados del Valle’ (ASODISVALLE), or ‘The […]
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–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– After being approved by Colombia’s Congress late on Wednesday, a ratified peace deal with the FARC has officially passed, and Colombia’s 52 year war with the guerrillas is at an end. President Santos had called today D-Day: the day when a countdown begins to a series of deadlines, the […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombian President, and recent Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Juan Manuel Santos and the leader of the FARC guerrillas Rodrigo Londono will sign a second amended peace deal today in Bogotá’s Teatro Colon. The second deal, which was agreed just 6 weeks after Colombians shocked the polls by narrowly voting ‘No’ and […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Have you ever heard of the Autocomplete Interview? It’s a popular YouTube interview series by WIRED (a well-known technology magazine) in which celebrities answer the web’s most asked question about themselves (check out my favorite one here starring Ice Cube). You know how Google fills in your search as you […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– After the iconic travel company Lonely Planet issued Colombia with a resounding seal of approval in their annual ‘Best in Travel’ awards by named the country as the 2nd best country to visit in 2017 (you can read all about the award here), I started thinking that, although it’s […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– In yet another huge boost for Colombia’s burgeoning tourism industry, Lonely Planet, the world’s largest and perhaps most respected travel guide, has named the country the 2nd best country to visit in 2017. Whilst Colombia regularly features on the the ‘Top 10’ list of major newspapers and magazines, this […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– In 1916 6 Arhuacos set off from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta for Bogotá. They walked the entire way from the world’s highest coastal mountain range to the Colombian capital. It took them 6 months to arrive at the Narino Palace to meet with the Colombian president, Jose Vicente […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombia awoke this morning to the news that President Juan Manuel Santos has been awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end Colombia’s 52 year civil war with FARC guerrillas. The president’s hopes for the prize seemed to have been crushed by his country’s marginal decision to […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– 4 years since the Colombian government negotiation team and representatives of the FARC guerrillas first sat down at the negotiation table to thrash out a deal to end Colombia’s half-century conflict, Colombians went to the polls yesterday to vote on whether to ratify the deal or not. ‘SI’ or […]
Fotografía de río Caño Cristales: (cc) FOTUR – (fotógrafo MCarvajal) –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– In an unexpected twist to the recent reports of exploratory fracking in and around the Serrania de la Macarena National Park, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced yesterday (Thursday 14 April) that he had suspended the environmental license allowing exploratory fracking to take […]