Jul 30, 2024
I’m Emily Hart and today, I’ll be speaking to two experts and
campaigners on Colombia’s San Agustín Statues – getting into what
they might mean and why they matter, as well as how so many of them
ended up not in Colombia, and how important it is to get them back
here.
In San Agustín, Huila, hundreds of...
Jul 23, 2024
“Petro.” Watch the documentary by Sean Mattison and Trevor
Martin following Gustavo Petro during his run for the presidency of
Colombia in 2022.
"Petro" begins in September 2021 at the launch event of Gustavo
Petro's campaign. The documentary makers enjoy unprecedented access
to Colombia's most charismatic and...
Jul 16, 2024
From the author of El Narco, Ioan Grillo presents us with a
searing investigation into the enormous black market for firearms,
essential to cartels and gangs in the drug trade and contributing
to the epidemic of mass shootings.
The gun control debate is revived with every mass shooting. But far
more people die from gun...
Jul 9, 2024
On the Colombia Calling podcast this week, we welcome back both
Ervin Liz and Simon Winograd and discuss Native Root, their
coffee-growing company based in rural Colombia.
Check out the page: www.nativerootcoffee.com
Colombia, the land of coffee...but which coffee should you choose?
My advice - completely uncalled for...
Jul 2, 2024
On the Colombia Calling podcast this week we discuss Pablo
Escobar's influence on Colombian football in the early 1990's with
David Arrowamith, author of a new book:
"Narcoball: Love, Death and Football in Escobar's Colombia."
In a far-reaching conversation David and I discuss Pablo Escobar,
his role in politics, the...