For me, Colombians have the best parties. More than the laughing and the dancing, there’s that sense of enjoying the moment, like there’s nothing else.
COLOMBIA: “WE ARE STILL KILLING EACH OTHER”
War Is Easy
“In this war, there were neither winners nor losers,” said Timochenko, one of the leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, after a peace deal was announced this summer between FARC and the Colombian government.
Peace for My Colombian Friends
I have many friends in Colombia who have not seen a day of peace in all their lives — not one single day. But that may be changing soon, as an end to the country’s decadeslong civil war seems to be within reach.
Colombia’s Unwinnable War
In Colombia, the army and the guerrillas of the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia have been for waging war for …
Breakfast With Gabriel García Márquez
I never referred to him as Gabo or Gabito; unfortunately, I was never lucky enough to be part of that …
FOR BETANCOURT, THE END OF SILENCE
Ingrid Betancourt’s silence has indeed ended. In her latest book, “Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity …