Mike's Bogota Blog

M-19, Muamar Gaddafi ally. These days, Venezuela's socialist Pres. Hugo Chavez remains as one of the last, and one might say mos...

Depenalized again? What's a drug warrior to do? Colombia's high court has just reaffirmed the legality of the famous 'm...

Typical colombiana ? The Colombian government's Proexport office has spent millions of dollars marketing the country as a touris...

A fat frog and a psychedelic girl, behind the Central Cemetery. Anyone who's spent some time in Bogotá has seen the city...

Sacks of coffee waiting to be roasted - some of them imported. Back when I was growing up, my mother used the phrase 'coal to N...

On Plaza Bolívar, protesting mining pollution along the Upia River.  Today, people who live near the Upia River protested on Plaza B...

Ex-Pres. Alvaro Uribe not looking happy. The Washington Post newspaper published three stories today ( here , here  and here ) about...