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Remembering Totó La Momposina, the Voice of Colombia’s Caribbean Soul

By Richard Emblin - May 19, 2026

When One Hundred Years of Solitude author Gabriel García Márquez accepted the Nobel Prize for Literature in Stockholm in 1982, Colombia arrived with him — not only in prose, but in rhythm, drumbeat and dance. Among the delegation of more than 200 Colombian musicians and artists who traveled to Sweden was a barefoot singer from […]

Beatriz González, one of Latin America’s most influential contemporary artists, died Jan. 9 at her home in Bogotá at 93. Photo: Hernán Díaz/Colección de Arte. Banco de la República.

Beatriz González: The Artist of Colombia’s Political Memory (1932-2026)

By Richard Emblin - January 15, 2026

Beatriz González, one of Latin America’s most influential contemporary artists, whose boldly colored, deliberately unrefined paintings and installations confronted Colombia’s long history of political violence, public mourning and social inequality – while also reshaping the country’s most important public art collection – died on Jan. 9, 2026, at her home in Bogotá. She was 93. […]

Miguel Uribe Turbay Dies at 39 After Assassination Attempt

By Richard Emblin - August 11, 2025

Miguel Uribe Turbay, the prominent Colombian politician and presidential candidate has died age 39, two months after an assassination attempt in Bogotá. Turbay was shot at close range in the head by a 15-year-old hired gunman.

Artist of Earth and Time: Colombian artist Hugo Zapata dies at 80

By Richard Emblin - June 3, 2025

Hugo Zapata (1945–2025), renowned Colombian sculptor, passed away at 80 in El Retiro. Known for monumental black stone works evoking earth and ancestral memory, Zapata transformed Colombia’s public art landscape. His elemental forms bridged nature and spirit, leaving behind a legacy carved in stone and rooted in timeless reflection.

Colombian neurologist Francisco Lopera, pioneer in Alzheimer’s research dies at 73

By Richard Emblin - September 12, 2024

Renowned Colombian neurologist Dr. Francisco Lopera Restrepo, a pioneer in early-onset Alzheimer’s research, passed away on September 10, 2024, in Medellín. His groundbreaking work on the mutación paisa advanced global understanding of Alzheimer’s disease and led to significant clinical trials aimed at preventing the devastating condition.

Latest News

Remembering Totó La Momposina, the Voice of Colombia’s Caribbean Soul

Beatriz González: The Artist of Colombia’s Political Memory (1932-2026)

Miguel Uribe Turbay Dies at 39 After Assassination Attempt

Artist of Earth and Time: Colombian artist Hugo Zapata dies at 80

Colombian neurologist Francisco Lopera, pioneer in Alzheimer’s research dies at 73

The Last King of the Gaita: Remembering Manuel “Toño” García

Fernando Botero returns to Colombia for final homecoming and tributes

Medellín pays tribute to hometown artist Fernando Botero

Fernando Botero (1932-2023): Of Masterpieces and Monuments

Ex-Bogotá Mayor Samuel Moreno dead after cardiac arrest

Colombian midfielder Freddy Rincón dead at 55 after car crash

Antonio Bolívar, shaman of Embrace of the Serpent dies from coronavirus

Alejandro Cuéllar, Colombia’s “Wes Anderson of Gastronomy” dies in Malaysia

The legacy of Rafael Molano and his “Chocoramo”

Obituary: Gabriel García Márquez (1927 – 2014)

Ana Mercedes Hoyos: Beyond bowls of fruit