A former leftist rebel and anti-corruption crusader has been elected mayor of Bogotá, the first time an ex-guerrilla has won Colombia's second most important elected office. Gustavo Petro, 51, has ...

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BOGOTA, ColombiaBOGOTA, Colombia — Voters on Sunday elected former leftist rebel and anti-corruption crusader Gustavo Petro as mayor of Bogota, the first time an ex-guerrilla has won Colombia’s second ...

"This is not a hairdressers," says a sign on the wall of a place called La Peluquería (The Hairdressers). "OK," I think, trying to overlook the fact that a woman is most definitely holding clippers to ...

Bogota received 415,000 foreign visitors in the first half of 2011 which represents a 19% increase on the same period in 2010, according to figures from the Observatory of the District Tourism ...