In Bogotá, a city of 8 million people, nearly 4 million women do some form of unpaid care work, and about 1.2 million dedicate most of their time to it, meaning 10 hours a day or more. Many commute ...
Detail of a wall featuring work by Fear (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Here, where graffiti is classified as a violation rather than a crime, street artists do not ...
The lush coffee trees that blanket the misty hills of the Huila region in southwestern Colombia bear witness to a struggle. From bean to steaming cup, women are slowly making gains across the South ...
“My God, you also handed my son freedom,” said Patricia Cortes when she left El Buen Pastor prison on September 17, 2024. She had hoped to be able to guarantee her son’s food and health upon leaving ...
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Along Colombia’s Pacific coast, women belonging to the Afro-Colombian community who harvest piangüa mollusks have united in efforts to conserve these small, black-shelled clams. For generations, ...
On June 7th a 15-year-old gunman shot at Miguel Uribe, a senator from the right-wing Democratic Centre party, while he was campaigning in Bogotá, Colombia’s capital. He was hit in the head. The boy ...