Nov 26, 2019
Nationwide strikes began in Colombia on November 21, originally called by unions protesting against proposed pension and labour reforms, then the discontent grew to include protests against the killing of 18 minors in Caqueta - bombed by the airforce attacking a dissident FARC camp -, the killings of members of an...
Nov 19, 2019
In a critique of the pornographic webcam industry, Maud Madlyn
and Andres Montes Zuluaga go where many have never even considered
going, they sign up to become webcam models in order to better
understand the dynamics behind this business to open a debate
around sexual violence and gender violence in Colombia.
The...
Nov 12, 2019
Charles Massey from Ottawa joins us once again (hear his
Bollywood in Barranquilla Ep215) to entertain the colombia calling
podcast listeners with a Kishore Kumar bollywood song, sung live
for us here in Bogota.
But, while we discuss Massey's life since he moved back to Canada
after his time as a teacher in...
Nov 5, 2019
Hailing from Texas, Dylan Baddour cut his teeth in journalism
before heading down south to Colombia. Here, he reports on issues
talking place in Colombia and the fall out from the humanitarian
tragedy currently on-going in Venezuela.
Perhaps my favourite piece written by Baddour is about former FARC
guerrillas, who are...