@radiobrendan This blog tends to look out for the underprivileged. So when the ‘have nots’ strike a blow against the ‘haves’, especially in a place riven with inequality such as Colombia, it’s usually something to support. It’s not often that(...)
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@radiobrendan This blog tends to look out for the underprivileged. So when the ‘have nots’ strike a blow against the ‘haves’, especially in a place riven with inequality such as Colombia, it’s usually something to support. It’s not often that(...)
@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.(...)
Continuar leyendo@radiobrendan The time for posturing and talking is almost over. We’ve known the participants for some time, now we’re about to find out which one has what it takes to go all the way. Most of us, more or less, have a pretty decent idea of who the genuine contenders(...)
Continuar leyendo@radiobrendan For some, he’s seen as the moral standard-bearer of Colombia; the man ensuring the country stays on the right path. For others, he’s a dangerous, out of touch, official whose opinions and decisions hinder the country’s painstaking development.(...)
@radiobrendan OK, credit where credit is due. We can all be quick to criticise but slow to give praise where it is warranted. In this regard, since this writer first uncovered the simple delights of Bogotá’s less than secure (to say the least) barrio of La Perseverancia,(...)
Continuar leyendo¿Quién dijo que la televisión pública debe ser rentable? ¡No señor!, debe ser subsidiada por el gobierno, porque obviamente no puede competir con el duopolio que controla los canales privados nacionales. Es absurdo pensar que de la torta publicitaria, monopolizada por los(...)
@JuanPabloMed En abril de 1948, se aprueba en Bogotá – Colombia, la Declaración Americana de los Derechos y Deberes del Hombre, más conocida como Declaración Americana, dando origen al Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos y al primer instrumento internacional de(...)
@hugoleonrojito Por estos días en los que ha sido tan maltratado el apellido Petro gracias a mala fama que tiene entre muchos habitantes de Bogotá nuestro alcalde Gustavo, he querido hacer un homenaje a un hombre que lleva el mismo apellido, pero que al contrario del(...)
@radiobrendan It has been, and continues to be, a turbulent time in Bogotá. OK, the cynics amongst you might ask when have things been otherwise, but in a political sense anyway it has been more topsy-turvy than it has been for some time. In brief summation, we’ve seen the(...)
¿Sabrá Petro a estas alturas que no es el alcalde de Colombia? – Ricardo Silva Romero, 31 de octubre de 2011 El diablo quiere acabar con el MIRA y ese gusto no se lo vamos a dar. [… Los concejales] son implacables y compran votos y sólo van por los votos. Nos(...)