Jul 27, 2021
The Primera Linea, as the front line of the youths in Colombia's protests during the paro nacional strike is known, have been labelled as terrorists and vandals by the police and President Ivan Duque. In what is a first for the Colombia Calling podcast, we host a bilingual episode where three members of the Primera...
Jul 20, 2021
It's a great pleasure to have a true expert in their field on the Colombia Calling podcast and discussing one of the lesser known cultures in Colombia, that of the Raizal people of San Andres and Providencia. To most Colombians these Caribbean islands represent only a vacation escape but the truth is that there is so...
Jul 13, 2021
Many listeners have asked after the Colombia Calling news
journalist and this week it's a pleasure to have the one and only
Emily Hart with us here in Mompós to discuss her life and
journalism here in Colombia.
Hart is a journalist and researcher from the UK with a strong
background in politics and human rights and...
Jul 6, 2021
Many years ago we aired a podcast entitled: "How Corrupt is Colombia?" (Ep172) and unfortunately, the question is still all too timely today. In fact the issue of corruption here is perhaps more pertinent than ever in 2021 in a post Odebrecht era in Colombia, with the Char family in Barranquilla still making overtures...