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Remembering Buenaventura

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Richard

Long overdue, the coverage coming out of Colombia’s Pacific port of Buenaventura has left me feeling philosophical. I first visited this impoverished city in 2003 and then again in 2007. I promised myself I would never return. Writing in 2007 … Continue reading →

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No Man is a Prophet in his Own Land: The Gustavo Petro Interview

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Richard

When Bogota, Colombia’s Andean capital city awakes, the thin high altitude air enables an uninterrupted urban panorama punctuated only with pine covered mountains. This paradisiacal image, however, vanishes once the daily commute begins and gives way to traffic-heavy thoroughfares, packed … Continue reading →

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Remembering Buenaventura

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