Por: Jorge Camargo Tovar. Todo bogotano que haya visitado una ciudad donde el transporte público funcione durante la noche, ha soñado con regresar a Bogotá, la ciudad donde vive, trabaja o estudia, para encontrarla funcionando las 24 horas, con múltiples alternativas de...
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Estamos en plena campaña electoral. Eso nos dicen, con eso nos dan contentillo y la mayoría hasta se lo cree. ¿Pero no deberíamos decir electorera? En el diccionario de la RAE encontramos esta acepción, «Electorero/ra: perteneciente o relativo a las intrigas o maniobras en...
Continuar leyendoPor: Alberto Diaz Betico, las compañeras de mi trabajo no saben por quién votar, tú que te la pasas entrevistando a los políticos en ese programa de radio web que no escucho, ¿qué les podría decir a mis amigas? – Bueno, mamá ya conoces que soy un analfabeto de la...
Continuar leyendoSígame en twitter: @SebastianBitar Hasta ahora, el crecimiento económico y militar chino ha sido mostrado como un reacomodamiento pacífico del balance de poder global. Tanto China como los Estados Unidos aseguran que sus poderosas fuerzas militares no son una amenaza para el...
Continuar leyendo@radiobrendan Well, that was pretty clear cut. Not only did the British Conservative Party get re-elected, but it did so in rather impressive fashion, securing an overall majority in the House of Commons. There’s no need for a messy coalition with those annoying Liberal...
Continuar leyendo@radiobrendan Colombia’s unique strata system has been under the spotlight of late. To the uninitiated, this basically divides the population into ‘rich’ and ‘poor’ according to the area they live in, not by the actual living standards of each individual or family. The...
Continuar leyendo@radiobrendan Well it may have seemed like a good idea at the time. In fact considering the pretty poor level of English in Colombia in general, most people probably have no issue with it, insofar as the meaning is lost on them. Plus, what it represents is something largely...
Continuar leyendo@radiobrendan Phew! They’ve pulled through, and with a little bit more to spare than it looked immediately beforehand. A huge section of Colombian society can breathe easy once more. The ‘right’ decision has been made. Scotland is staying in the UK. You see had our Tartan...
Continuar leyendo@radiobrendan So the World Cup party rolls on and, thankfully, Colombia is very much still in the mix. These heady times that the country is going through, something mentioned on this blog a few weeks back, are not only continuing but also appear to be increasing in magnitude. Of course, having got to the last […]
Continuar leyendo@radiobrendan What a heady few days it’s been for Colombia. There’s what you might call a giddy excitement about the place. Most of that, unsurprisingly, is emanating from La Selección’s (national football team’s) rather impressive start to the World Cup. After a gap of 16 years since their last appearance at the finals, seeing off […]
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