Teresa Gutiérrez, known as the Colombian television grandmother, passed away in Bogotá on Tuesday 10th of March at the age of 81 in her house. She was one of the most popular television artist in the Andean nation. (more…)
Modern Colombia is a country leaded by men in a time where women have a higher position in politics in most of the nations of the Americas. But even if it is a fact to think about, women have a big part in the history of our nation since colonial times. To underline their presence is a duty that we cannot avoid.
Photo: Maternity by Fernando Botero in Munich. Picture by Rufus46, Wikimedia. (more…)
The Colombian composer Jorge Villamil Cordovez, died last February 28 in Bogotá at the age of 80. He was author of more than 200 songs that became part of the national traditions in music. Villamil was born in El Cedral, a ranch near the city of Neiva in 1929. He studied medicine in the Javeriana University of Bogotá. In 1976 he abandoned his profession as a doctor and dedicated the rest of his years as a composer. (more…)
Diageo spokeswoman Ximena Rengifo said to Caracol Radio that Sting, the British rock singer, will come to Colombia for the Buchanans Forever concert on May 6. He will perform with Chilean rock-pop singer Beto Cuevas in a charity event for poor children. (more…)
The Philharmonic Orchestra of Bogotá that was founded in 1967, is in China and Italy this month to celebrate Christmas. It is the first time that the well-known musician group of the capital of Colombia is offering a concert abroad. The place is the recently remodeled Concert Hall of the Tianjin City in China. (more…)
Colombia Reports and now Colombia Passport want to join campaigns of good initiatives to support the less fortunate in Colombia this Christmas time, especially children and youth.
Here we find US citizen Mark Kaseman, who has been for four years around Medellín bringing food and clothes to hundreds of the city’s poorest. (more…)
The Film Festival of Thessalonica in Greece awarded the Colombian-Argentinean film of Jorge Navas, ‘Blood and Rain’, with the City of Thessalonica Recognition. The movie, that is a production of Colombian RCN Movies and Argentinean Efe-x-cine, was selected by the Greek jury that looks for the best urban landscape films from around the world. (more…)
EFE, the Spaniard international press agency, is celebrating its 40th anniversary in Colombia. To do so, the agency joined the official Colombia is Passion website to lead photography expositions in different parts of the country.
Photo by Carlos Ortega / EFE. Jorge Riascos and Cecilia Montezuma in the 4th World Festival of Salsa 20/09/2009, published in Colombia is Passion.

The Colombian radio celebrates its 80th anniversary this year. In 1929 the South American nation began its first experiences of radio broadcasting in Barranquilla. HJN (after Radiodifusura Nacional,) was officially founded on September 5 but it had to wait some months to be on air. On December 8 the HKD signal transmitted a match of soccer and it is considered the first radio program in the Colombian territory, though it was listened by a small group of persons.
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