Mike's Bogota Blog

The empty mausoleums along 26th Street, with their stencils commemorating the conflict's victims. Does anybody notice? Drivers...

A memorial artwork in front of the San Francisco Church. April 9, the anniversary of the 1948 assassination of leftist presidential cand...

'Money for the FARC, hunger for the victims.' These folks protested the other day against the peace accord, which includes ...

Artist Cristo Hoyos and one of his funereal wreaths. A wreath and noose. Artist Cristo Hoyos believes that, during its long h...

These huge posters appeared on Calle 26 the other day, just north of the Central Cemetery. I'm told that they portray leftist vic...

' General kidnapped in El Chocó ' reports El Tiempo. About two weeks ago, FARC guerrillas hung banners commemorating the d...

In June, 2011, Pres. Santos signed the Law of Victims , probably the world's most ambitious attempt to compensate victims of a nat...