May 29, 2018
So, Colombia just had the first round of their presidential elections on May 27 and the right-wing Ivan Duque won by a significant margin but not by enough to take him straight to the presidency. In second place was the former M19 guerrilla and Mayor of Bogotá, Gustavo Petro who will now face Duque on June 17 in...
May 15, 2018
Colombia's Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range rises more than 18,000 feet from the Caribbean Sea — a height that makes them the tallest coastal mountains in the world. The national park that houses them is also the world's most irreplaceable protected area for the conservation of threatened species and is...
May 8, 2018
In the light of recent events such as FARC politician Ivan
Marquez returning to his jungle hideout in Caqueta and Jesus
Santrich under arrest for allegedly cocaine trafficking to the US,
I discuss the topics in the news about Colombia this week and it
doesn't make for comfortable reading.
This is an episode put...
May 1, 2018
Long-time listener Adam Navarro-Lowery contacted Colombia Calling some weeks ago, full of enthusiasm for his upcoming first visit to Colombia...and yet, Adam is half Colombian and with extensive family links to Tolima and Santander. We sit down to discuss his family tree, look over sepia photographs from a yesteryear...