The dispute between Colombia’s Gustavo Petro and El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele intensified this week after a series of acerbic Tweets and accusations from corruption to domestic security.
From Buenaventura to performances on the world’s stage, soprano Betty Garcés is Colombia’s leading lady of Opera.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro faces a growing political scandal after revelations that his eldest son Nicolás, and brother Juan Fernando, allegedly received “hot money” in exchange for benefits.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro called on the Red Cross to provide humanitarian assistance to 79 policemen held hostage by the Indigenous Guard in San Vicente del Caguán.
La Belle Époque is the theme of the VI International Classic Music Festival of Bogotá, a landmark cultural event that takes place between April 5 and 8 in sixteen venues of the Colombian capital.
The Colombian government of Gustavo Petro has entered crisis mode after three Ministers handed-in their resignations. The crisis erupted after a document leaked on planned changes to the nation’s health reform.
Colombia ground to a halt during the month of January in its decades-long efforts to manually eradicate coca. Not one hectare of the illegal cash crop was destroyed. The government outlined the reasons.
After Cartagena and Santa Marta made the World’s 50 Most Dangerous Cities list, Colombia’s Petro warned of deep social inequalities that exist within the tourism sector.
German singer Ute Lemper will open the VI International Classical Music Festival of Bogotá and series titles La Belle Époque, with a repertoire of Kurt Weill and cabaret songs by Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich.
Despite fears that pro and anti-government protests would assemble within hours of each other in Bogotá, a politically charged week was conducted peacefully.
A retired army officer, Coronel Jaime Humberto Pinzón, handed over his “Medal For Distinguished Service” to the families of 53 young men who were executed as “false positives” while he commandeered the Tenth Infantry Battalion Atanasio Giradot.
Set during Napoleon’s invasion of Italy, Puccini’s “Tosca” returns to Bogotá’s Teatro Mayor with performances in February. The iconic opera will be conducted by Andrés Estrada-Orozco.
As a loyal political ally of Colombia’s Gustavo Petro, Bogotá Mayor Claudia López finds herself increasingly isolated from the leftist leader over her resolve to leave the first line of the Metro above ground.
The former wife of the suspected murderer of Valentina Trespalacios, Ashley Poulos, released a statement in which she is “deeply saddened for the family of Valentina Trespalacios and for all those involved in this tragedy.”
During a week in which Bogotá is showcasing environmentally-friendly mobility and advance of the Metro’s first line, the national government is drafting legislation to ban ride-sharing Apps.
US suspect John Poulos denied a “guilty” plea during an arraignment before a district judge in Bogotá on charges of murdering the well-known Bogotá DJ Valentina Trespalacios.