An explosive device has killed one person and injured another during indigenous protests blocking the Colombia’s Pan-American Highway in the department of Cauca, escalating tensions with the Petro government.
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More than Gold: Colombia’s gilded heritage opens in Zurich’s Rietberg Museum
The Rietberg Museum in Zurich, Switzerland, will host ‘More Than Gold: Splendor and Thought of Indigenous Colombia’, featuring over 400 artifacts from the Gold Museum collection.
Ancestral dance at the heart of Cali’s Loma de la Cruz
In the heart of Cali, a dance workshop led by Jaguar, a local Yanakuna tribesman, defies urban challenges, uniting diverse communities in a vibrant celebration of forgotten roots and ancestral traditions.
Expoartesanías 2023 and Colombia’s rich handicraft traditions
Expoartesanías, Colombia’s most important arts and crafts fair, is set to dazzle visitors with edition 33, and scheduled to take place from December 7 to the 20 at the Corferias exhibition grounds in Bogotá.
A choir from Nazareth, hymns from La Guajira
At the tip of Colombia’s department of La Guajira is the small town of Nazareth and at the heart of Wayúu culture. The girls boarding school is one of its most important landmarks.
Guaviare’s post-conflict frontier open to tourism
The reputation of the Guaviare department has been slighted by the coca harvest, but with the post-conflict, eco tourism has taking root.
Colombia to protect 68 native languages over 10 years
Colombia’s MinCultura will protect 68 native languages over 10 years to expand cultural dialogue and linguistic diversity.
Colombia’s indigenous peoples fend off COVID-19 using time-tested traditions
Indigenous peoples across Colombia are closing their ancestral territories to all outsiders and relying on ancestral plant-based medicines to fend off the advance of COVID-19.
Jorge Orlando Melo: “Colombia is a field of research unto itself”
Colombian historian Jorge Orlando Melo has made Colombia his main subject of study and analysis. His most recent book is a research study on Colombian identity.
Colombia presents new travel campaign #YOVOY at Anato trade fair
The most important travel fair in Colombia opened Wednesday with the presentation of the government’s new campaign to incentivize travel by Colombians in their country.
Colombian adoption: From the selva to Holland and back again
Adopted from Colombia as a child, Santiago Jordaan returned to his tribal home in the Amazon to learn Huitoto traditions and share the experience with his fellow Dutch citizens.
Essay: Is Colombia “Trapped by the Impossible?”
Colombia defies all categorization as history has shown, explains Jimmy Weiskopf.
Editorial: In search of Colombianness and other year-end thoughts
With a mandate of change, Iván Duque must jump-start the country’s economic engine and work towards consensus in Colombia.
Fernando Urbina and the Spanish Conquest in Rock Art
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.
The Elders and a Huitoto healing
The Elders of the Huitoto are commemorating 30-years of the Colombian government’s recognition of their ancestral territory.
Colombia’s Museo Nacional inaugurates salon for pre-Hispanic antiquities
The Museo Nacional has inaugurated a new exhibition space dedicated to pre-Hispanic cultures and that showcases rare artifacts by the Muisca.