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By Jaime Ortega Carrascal Bogota, Jan 25 (EFE).- Spanish ballet choreographer and artistic director Joaquin De Luz, whose company will be performing its version of “Giselle” this week in the Colombian capital, said artistic creation should not conform to trends but rather focus on providing an emotional experience to audiences. The director of the Spanish …
By Jaime Ortega Carrascal Bogota, Dec 13 (EFE).- Colombia’s inequitable land distribution is a problem as old as the country itself and has persisted due to the efforts of powerful political forces to maintain the status quo, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Cecilia Lopez Montaño said in an interview with Efe in this capital. She …
By Jaime Ortega Carrascal Ituango, Colombia, Oct 20 (EFE).- Thousands of workers are toiling around the clock in an underground cavern to launch initial operations at what will be Colombia’s largest hydroelectric project – a massive embankment dam on the Cauca River. Once its eight turbines are operating, the dam located amid mountainsides and known …
By Jaime Ortega Carrascal Bogota/Caracas, Sep 21 (EFE).- Renewed dynamic trade ties between Colombia and Venezuela, a pillar of good-neighbor relations that had nearly collapsed entirely in recent years due to political tensions, is a possibility once again now that a full border reopening is just days away. Bilateral trade, despite diplomatic ups-and-downs dating back …
By Jaime Ortega Carrascal Bogota, Aug 24 (EFE).- The Caro and Cuervo Institute (ICC), known for its colossal “Dictionary of the Construction and Regime of the Castilian Language,” is marking 80 years as guardian of Colombia’s linguistic heritage and diversity and focal point for the study of Spanish. It was founded on Aug. 25, 1942, …