Marco ‘El Colombiano’ Gomez is one of the most renowned bullfighters Colombia has ever known. The 90-year old spent 55 years of his life in the bull ring. He spent 33 years longing for the woman who left him. (more…)
On 2009/07/21, In Culture, By Adriaan Alsema
Now that Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is finally invited for an official visit to his United States counterpart Barack Obama, arguments in favor or against the free Trade pact between Colombia and the United States are as polluted as ever. On 2009/06/10, In Conflict, By Adriaan Alsema
Martin Muñoz sold me a chocolate three days before his 55th birthday. He and his frail looking wife were busy trying to get the 12,000 pesos together to pay their shabby downtown Medellín hotel. Their four children were waiting for them to come “home” when I gave them 200 pesos.
Don Martin wasn’t the average bum trying to sell me the twentieth candy of this average Monday. This guy looked like Juan Valdez himself. He had the same trimmed beard and mustache, the typical paisa poncho over his shoulder, the light, checkered shirt tucked neatly into his trousers and looked exactly the type of man who’d been working the land since he was twelve. This man was a 100% coffee farmer trying to sell me crappy chocolates I didn’t even need. (more…)
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