Mike's Bogota Blog

That was then: In 1993 Colombian hit men pose with the corpse of Pablo Escobar, leader of the Medellin Cartel. Not long ago, there ...

Lobbying by U.S. truck makers means Bogotanos will suffer from smoke-spewing trucks for years to come, T he Chicago Tribune reports....

When it's divided into many smaller plots - even tho they're all owned by the same big coporation. That, at least, seems to be...

 'Phrases from Homer... Great idea boss!'  If you have a Claro (until recently Comcel ) cellphone, then you probably r...

Chained indigenous rubber workers.  Rubber king Arana. A rubber industry workhouse.  Colombia's indigenous people of the...

Tolstoy , the immortal Russian author, who died 101 years ago this month.  The Leon Tolstoy Cultural Center in the middle of La ...