–> 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 […]
Tag: Colombian History
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– There are 32 departments in Colombia, and I’d bet that the average visitor to the country only visits around 6 or 7, perhaps even fewer. Most people who spend more time here will make it to some of the more off-the-beaten-track destinations, yet there are many regions that have […]
–> 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) <– 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 […]
Ó… Las casas abandonadas de Nariño, Antioquia Hola a todos los viajeros por Colombia, los extranjeros viviendo en esta hermosa tierra y a todos los enamorados de este país que nos siguen desde otras partes, muchos de ustedes seguramente se han dado cuenta que los colombianos pronto van a votar en el plebiscito por el SI […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Yesterday (September 26, 2016) the Colombian state and the FARC guerrilla group (now officially a political party) put pen to paper on a peace deal that has taken over 4 years to agree on, which puts an end to a war which began in 1964 and has claimed hundreds […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– It’s Christmas Day, and I’m strolling along a gently winding path by the banks of a river. A family of pigs, a mother and five tiny piglets, are snuffling calmly in the undergrowth to my right. They are largely unperturbed as I pass by within a few feet of […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombia’s Top 5 Scariest Mythological Characters Top 5 Spooky Colombian Myths and Legends It would stand to reason that there are hundreds of legends throughout Bogota of ghostly happenings and chilling hauntings; the country has been through many years of wars and violence – exactly the sort of thing that […]