the cultural nuances of modern Colombia. Bogotá’s rapidly expanding international airport handles the third highest number of passengers in all of Latin America, after Mexico City and São ...

located on modern Colombia’s Caribbean coast (see Map 1).¹ This was not a rare occurrence; ships destined for Spain stopped in Santa Marta with some frequency. But this particular vessel generated an ...

In the history of modern Colombia a date that stands out is April 9, 1948 when liberal presidential candidate Jorge Eliecer Gaitan was shot dead on a street in Bogota. His murder inflamed the city ...

Gustavo Petro, the socialist president of Colombia, made the mistake of posing for his international audience of left-wing admirers (he is the first socialist to lead modern Colombia, and he's an ...

The region has seen some of the highest levels of violence in modern Colombian history. In response to the violence, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has suspended peace talks with the ELN ...

Here's where to eat and drink on the country's Caribbean coast. Nestled on the northern coast of the Caribbean, Cartagena is ...