Colombia’s National Parks under threat from gold mining and ranching
Illegal activities in National Parks is accelerating deforestation. Artisanal mining and cattle ranching among the environmental predators.
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The week Colombia saw two “Júpiters” in the sky
Two humanitarian missions involving "Ju?piter" were not taken out the NASA playbook, but Colombian compassion for human and non-human species.
Luis Domingo Gómez: Defender of bears, Attorney of the wild
Constitutional lawyer Luis Domingo Gómez defends biodiversity regardless of size. After an Andean Bear was denied release from a Barranquilla zoo, this attorney remains on…
Salamina: Bewitching architecture of the Antioquia colonization
A recently released book looks at the architecture of Salamina and town that charms architects inspired by the Antioquia colonization.
One Starry Night Toad in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Revered as a symbol of fertility by the Elders of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, a rare harlequin toad is the focus of a…
Ramiro Osorio of Teatro Mayor talks about the importance of inclusive culture for Bogotá
As Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo reaches its first decade, director Ramiro Osorio talks about the company's excellence in performing arts and its anniversary…
Tragedy among Colombia’s Nasa: A photo essay by Malcolm Linton
In southwest Colombia, illegal armed groups have killed community leaders of the Nasa indigenous community as they seize control of lucrative drug routes.
Clemencia Echeverri and projected realities in Liminal
Two decades of artistic creation by Clemencia Echeverri is the subject of a retrospective at the Banco de la Repu?blica’s Museum Miguel Urruti?a (MAMU).
Scientists identify hundreds of species in Colombia’s Chiribiquete Park
A scientific expedition carried out in the river basins of Puerto Abeja, Mesay and Cun?are has revealed more than 300 species inside this protected parkland.
The director of Bogotá’s Gold Museum talks about the 80-year collection
Archaeologist María Alicia Uribe is in charge of conserving one of the most impressive gold collections in the world as director of Bogotá's Museo del…
Mambe series: Sacred plants reservations and “ayahuasca tourism”
is the mainstreaming of mambe and other sacred plants and excuse to view the world through the prism of hallucinogens?
Envionmentalist Martin von Hildebrand and The Path of the Anaconda
As Colombia's most influential environmentalist, Marti?n von Hildebrand is working to secure a massive biological corridor to guarantee the survival of the Amazon.
Mambe series: I offer my dreams up to science
Jimmy Weiskopf examines the importance of mambe in indigenous cosmogeny in generating dreams both when asleep and awake.
Interview with sculptor Hugo Zapata: The soul of the stone
As a key figure in Colombian contemporary art, Zapata spoke with The City Paper about a life dedicated to the hidden manifestations of the earth…
Colombia in grey area over coca leaf derivatives and prohibition
The criminalization of an ancestral substance and misuse by those in search of its psychotropic effects affects the livelihoods of Colombia's Amazonian peoples.
Ceremony at Pantano de Vargas marks highlight of Colombia’s bicentenary
Photo Gallery: To mark 200 years of the Pantano de Vargas battle that helped secure Colombia's independence, the monument was the site of an impressive…