@wwaycorrigan There is a general belief that ‘true’ journalism — the old, honest, non-fake news kind that is — and marketing don’t go together. Or, by definition at least, the former should always be very suspicious of the latter. A science versus religion...
@wwaycorrigan Some of you may have noticed (hopefully you did anyway!) that there hasn’t been a new post up here for some time. In fact, November was the first-ever ‘dry month’ in terms of new blog stories since this page went live back in January 2014. There...
@wwaycorrigan These seem to be especially frightening times we’re living in. One could be forgiven for thinking things have an ‘end of days’ feel to them. The global political picture seems as divided as ever. Well you could argue it’s similar to Europe in the 1930s, so we’ve been here before, with people finding comfort […]
@wwaycorrigan After almost seven years of having Bogotá as the base, the greatest ‘achievement’ — let’s not get caught up in the semantics here — has been my assimilation to the working-class Bogotá barrio life. While many locals with aspirations to...
@radiobrendan Many people still don’t seem to get it. Or they wish it wasn’t so in any case. Basically, a significant reason US President Donald Trump proved to be — and still proves — popular across Middle America, away from the east and west coast echo chambers...
@radiobrendan In previous posts I wrote about, or at least mentioned in passing, the visa issues I had in Colombia this year. Indeed, the chief reason for my recent visit to Venezuela was down to being unable to renew my ‘independent journalist’ visa. (I am somewhat...
@wwaycorrigan During my recent 16-day visit to Venezuela I had a host of people asking me «What’s it like ‘for real’?» I’m still getting asked that since my return. Via an article in The Irish Times I did touch on a number of the everyday issues that...
@radiobrendan Sorry, sorry. I know the, um, legions of Wrong Way readers have been wondering where I’ve got to the last while. The recent presidential election and Colombia’s World Cup exploits, nay the tournament in general, have been distractions for sure. «Yet»,...
@radiobrendan We don’t have to go too far back to find a time when Colombia was pretty much considered a no-go area. At the turn of the millennium, only the true adventurous, nay mad in the head, would consider visiting the country as a tourist, let alone actually settle...
@radiobrendan Since I first came to know a few years back of the various Irishmen who played significant roles in modern Colombia’s history, the town of Paipa came into my sight. That’s because the main park/square of the somewhat popular tourist spot is named after...
