Riot Police on Standby

The police stood at strategic points surrounding the square ready to step in if any of the protests got out of hand.

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March 28th 2009
Thursday 26.03.09 (continued) After saying my goodbyes to Elsie, Milena and Dan at the Calipso Hotel I caught the night bus from Medellin to Bogota. As it wasn´t leaving until 8:45 I had some time to kill at the bus terminal so went and listened to a free live concert of typical Colombian music which was on in the main areas of the station. Friday 27.03.09 On the bus and dawn breaking, I pulled ... read more

South America » Colombia » Bogota

Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part... ... read more

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