Students are marching across Colombia in protest over institutional corruption and their right to peaceful protest. Incidents of violence are changing the debate.
Festival Brilla opens in Bogotá’s Botanical Garden on November 16 with an end-of-year spectacle involving giant illuminated sculptures of Colombia’s biodiversity.
Colombia’s Doris Salcedo has been awarded the world’s most lucrative art prize, Nomura Art Award, for works that honor the victims of the country’s internal conflict.
Bogota? is a city on the move as the high voltage dance festival Danza en la Ciudad takes to stage and street for 13 days. Canada’s Compagnie Chouinard in the international program.
Bogota? institute of Technology offers beginner and advanced courses in software development. 150 women have enrolled to become future tech professionals.
Bogotá’s Séptima is an obligatory stroll down memory lane, layered by architectural disorder within an urban context.
With much of the spotlight focused on the election results in Bogotá, independent candidates have redrawn Colombia’s political map. The big losers are traditional parties.
The Green Alliance coalition candidate Claudía López has won the Bogotá mayoral race with 35% of the vote and the first woman to occupy the second-most important political post in Colombia.
In preparation for Sunday’s mayoral elections, a nationwide alcohol ban goes into effect Saturday evening. Local authorities will boost police presence on the streets of Bogotá.
Photographer Javier Vanegas is no stranger to controversy and tackling unconventional themes with his acute eye. A current project looks at the aesthetics of the afterlife.
The Teatro Colón hops on Tennessee William’s Streetcar Named Desire with a faithful and creative take on a southern classic.
The Bogotá Chamber of Commerce announces the creation of a new business platform to promote the capital as a hub of gastronomic talents.
With less than two weeks to go in the Bogotá mayoral race, Carlos Fernando Galán and Claudia López are in a dead heat according to pollsters CNC.
As a major aviation hub in South America, new carriers will soon be connecting Bogotá with new international destinations, resulting in more competition also on key routes.
Security in Bogotá has become a vote convincing opportunity for the candidates facing-off in the Oct 27 elections.
More student protests in Bogotá are planned for October, including one October 10. Authorities advise student organization to maintain the peace after recent outbreaks of violence.