–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombia gained a new idol this past weekend. Nairo Quintana was already incredibly popular in his homeland before he rode to victory in the ‘Vuelta a Espana’ cycling race on Sunday, but his victory has catapulted him to a new level of adoration in Colombia. I’ve even heard people […]
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–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Coming to into the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Colombia’s Caterine Ibargüen was the nation’s biggest hope to claim a Gold Medal in the triple jump; a gold which would represent only Colombia’s fourth gold medal in their Olympic history and the country’s first ever in athletics. Well, last night […]
Make sure to take our other Colombia Quizzes to test your Colombia knowledge: –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Personality Quiz: Which Iconic Colombian Are You? Name that Colombian Fruit! How much do you know about legendary Colombian Nobel Prize winning author Gabriel García Márquez? Have you read his books, biographies, our 87 Facts about Gabo blog post!? […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Last night’s Latin Grammys certainly belonged to Colombia: Colombian artists performed at the ceremony – Bomba Estereo (with Will Smith!), ChocQuibTown, and J. Balvin – and some of these same Colombian artists all took home awards. In fact, Colombia walked away with a total of 8(!) awards at the 2015 […]
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–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Last year, with the World Cup just weeks away, it was pretty difficult to get Colombians thinking about any other sport: it would have seemed impossible, but for the amazing Giro d’Italia win by the then 24 year old Boyaca cyclist, Nairo Quintana. Football is a national obsession, but […]
Just who exactly is Arnoldo Iguarán? –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– The pretty-darn-famous Radamel Falcao netted 3 times in Colombia’s recent international friendly matches with Bahrain and Kuwait to bring his scoring record for the Colombian national side to 24 goals in 56 games, equaling Colombia’s all-time goalscoring record…set by…you guessed it… Arnoldo Iguarán…(controversy alert: […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– It’s looking increasingly likely that Juan Cuadrado is going to be the next Colombian football player to make a high-profile move to a major club on the back of an outstanding World Cup campaign. The pacey Colombian winger is looking to seal a move to Chelsea today for around […]
En diciembre 3 de 2012 revise mis correos electrónicos. Ahora bien esto no parece ser ningún acontecimiento trascendental, pero aquellos que me conocen bien saben que detesto revisar mis mensajes: las únicas personas que usan el correo para contactarme quizás lo hacen para darme malas noticias. Así que imaginen mi agradable sorpresa cuando el primer […]
What does it take to be a national champion barista? Prepare an amazing coffee right? Oh, it takes a whole lot more than that! We got the chance to chat with the enthusiastic Diego Fernando Campos, reigning 2014 Colombian barista champ (he’s also ‘Latte Art Champion’ 2011!) who plies his trade in Chapinero’s Amor Perfecto, a powerhouse […]