The Mayoralty is keeping up the pressure to reduce the air quality index by closing factories and enforcing the license plate restriction.
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Bogotá extends license plate restriction to weekends to mitigate smog
After the district issued a yellow alert for smog levels in Bogotá, Pico y Placa has been extended to include weekends.
Bogotá under “yellow alert” for deteriorating air quality
Bogotá has issued a “yellow alert” for deteriorating air quality as the dry summer intensifies and Trade Winds decrease.
Despite travel warnings Colombia’s tourism numbers at record levels
As Colombia’s tourism potential grows, do government travel advisories really deter visitors?
Bombay Lounge: Putting the color back in Indian food
With classic Indian fare and a lunch Thali tray specials, Bombay Lounge is a casual, and colorful, dining experience.
Bogotá’s edgy San Felipe host its gallery open Saturday
Bogotá’s edgy art district San Felipe hosts its one day San Felipe Open in which 30 galleries and local restaurants showcase the best in the neighborhood.
Colombian gastronomy to be featured by Spain’s Corte Inglés
Spain’s retail giant Corte Inglés will offer emblematic Colombian dishes and snacks to their clients in over 100 outlets as part of a Bogotá Chamber of Commerce initiative.
Francisco Caldas and the age of the New Grenadine explorers
Francisco Jose? de Caldas is the subject of an exhibition at the National Museum, with the maps and instruments used by this New Grenandine explorer.
Academy of Ancient Music marks start of 2019 as UK Year at Teatro Mayor
Soprano Mary Bevan accompanies the Academy of Ancient Music for the opening concert of the UK as Guest Nation of Honor at Teatro Mayor.
First No Car Day of the year for Bogotá on February 7
More than two million bicycles are expected on Bogotá streets, Thursday, February 7, as the city readies for its first No Car Day of 2019.
Bogotá’s Parque 93 to host second edition of indie booksellers fair
Book readings, lectures, concerts and film come to Bogotá’s Parque 93 this month with the second edition of the park’s literary festival.
Viaje Barroco: Fernando Montaño in immigrant’s tale set to baroque arias
The soloist with the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden, Fernando Montaño returns to the Colón with Viaje Barroco, a story of immigrants set to the arias of Vivaldi, Pergolesi and Vinci.
Bogotá gets drones for surveillance and emergency response
Mayor Enrique Peñalosa announced that camera drones will be used in the skies above Bogotá for security surveillance and emergency response.
Colombia’s ELN admits responsibility for Bogotá car bomb
The central command of Colombia’s last remaining guerrilla, ELN, confirmed Monday, responsibility for the car bomb that killed 20 cadets in Bogotá.
Colombia: A nation mourns its fallen heroes after terror attack by ELN
Colombians took to the streets Sunday in a show of solidarity for the National Police after 20 cadets were killed by the ELN guerrilla in a car bomb.
Colombians to march Sunday in defiance of terrorism
Colombians are rallying around their National Police in a huge outpouring of emotion after 20 cadets were killed in a car bomb orchestrated by the ELN guerrilla.