Batuta was modeled after Venezuela’s El Sistema to provide musical training to youngsters as a fundamental right.
The theme of January’s edition of the International Music Festival of Cartagena is Celestial Harmony with invited guests John Eliot Gardiner and London’s Philharmonia among others.
With a mandate of change, Iván Duque must jump-start the country’s economic engine and work towards consensus in Colombia.
Fernando Urbina has dedicated 40-years of research to Colombia’s ancient rock art. His discovery of petroglyphs in remote territories show the first contact between conquistadores and Amazonian tribes.
President Iván Duque reaches 100 days in office by enacting austerity measures to balance the books with a fiscal deficit and guarantee funds for public education.
As migrants flee abject poverty and crime across the region, Venezuela’s Maduro can use Trump’s anti-Latino rhetoric to give the left in Latin America a voice with the electorate.
Professor Larry Hedges has been awarded the 2018 Yidan Prize, the world’s largest endowment for education research. The pioneering statistician at Northwestern spoke about the role of higher education in the United States.
The Elders of the Huitoto are commemorating 30-years of the Colombian government’s recognition of their ancestral territory.
A devout town in Santander is promoting its own “rainbow river” to visitors and claims it’s equally as beautiful as Cano Cristales.
President Trump is scheduled to visit Colombia next month, at a time in which the country faces a surge in coca production. Counterpart Duque must prove he isn’t “just another Colombian president.”
Photographer Ruven Afanador and artist Ana González tribute the beauty and inherent sense of style of Colombia’s indigenous women in a collaborative project: Daughters of Water
San Gil is the adventure capital of Colombia and gateway to a region of stunning landscapes and agro-tourism.
German flagship Lufthansa will increase its seat capacity to Colombia with an A340-600 aircraft weeks before Avianca launches its new direct service to Munich.
Bogotá has caught on to aerial public transport with its TransMiCable, joining Medellin as the pioneer in South America.
The movement of Venezuelan refugees across Colombia is straining the country’s welfare system at a time in which the government of Iván Duque must implement tough economic measures.
The head of UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage spoke to The City Paper about Colombia’s participation in the Representative List.