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Ten Years in Colombia
It’s more or less ten years to the day from when I stepped off the plane having decided to move my life to Colombia. It had been a rollercoaster ride up until this point, near death experiences, the life of … Continue reading
2017, Colombia’s Year of the Morrongo
I know, I know, I have been circulating this word for a few weeks now – Morrongo, but it’s the best, if not the only way, to spew out a gristly morsel of what lays ahead of us here in … Continue reading
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A Year of Transition
This will not be the final blog entry of the year but, as I reflect on the year that has been 2014, it is hard for me not to use a startling cliché, but it really has been a year … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, anadolu, bradt colombia, cider in colombia, colombia calling, colombia calling podcast, journalism in colombia, la casa amarilla hotel, mompos, politics in colombia, richard mccoll journalist, the city paper bogota, the mompos project, transition, writing
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The Fug of an Election in Colombia
Perfectly timed to generate the most impact as Colombians go to the polls to vote in elections for members of Congress and the Senate on March 9, protestors have been creating chaos in the streets of Bogota and around the … Continue reading