Category: Frutos de mi Tierra

  • Carlos Gaviria visits Austin

    The president of the colombian political party Polo Democrático Carlos Gaviria was one of the speakers invited to the XXVIII Annual ILASSA Student Conference. His speech was basically a critique of the current government because it claims that Colombia has a strong democracy while he considers that many aspects of Colombia’s situation (like the high…

  • No more FARC in Austin

    This coming February 4th: join us in the mobilization against FARC. It is really sad to see how the “Colombianos en UT” group have changed the main objective for the mobilization. Here is the text they sent through the “Asociación de Colombianos en Austin”: Please join us Monday, February 4 2008 10:30 am at South…

  • Atlético Nacional Campeón 2007

    1954, 1973, 1976, 1981, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2005 y 2007! Nueve estrellas, nueve glorias! SOY DEL VERDE, SOY FELIZ!

  • Volver

    Volver, con la frente marchita, las nieves del tiempo platearon mi sien. Sentir, que es un soplo la vida, que veinte años no es nada, que febril la mirada… Ok, lets not be drama queens: coming back to Medellín after less than one an a half years is not as dramatic as Carlos Gardel´s tango…

  • Colombia: Superpower in Speed Skating

    No, I’m not joking. Colombia has won the last few world championships of speed skating and it is very close to win it again this year in Anyang – South Korea. It really amazes me that Colombia can beat countries like the USA, Italy, Spain, France, New Zeland, among others. I really can’t understand the…

  • José René Huiguita Zapata in his early days

    Picture source: Bestiario del Balón.

  • Vacations in Colombia 2005

    Here are the pictures from my trip to Colombia in December. Sorry it took me too long to publish them, but my PowerBook’s hard drive almost died and I struggled for a couple of days to recover my data (including my pictures!). Finally Disk Warrior fixed my HD. I highly recommend this tool. Click here…

  • Re-election aproved in Colombia

    Yesterday the Colombian Constitutional Court has approved the immediate presidential the re-election, which implies that present president Alvaro Uribe Vélez, can be a candidate for the presidential elections of the 2006. This produces me joy and preoccupation at the same time. The good thing is that the present president has great acceptance rating in the…

  • Reelección aprobada en Colombia

    El día de ayer, la Corte Constitucional Colombiana ha aprobado la reelección presidencial inmediata, lo cual implica que el actual presidente Álvaro Uribe Vélez, puede postularse para las elecciones presidenciales del 2006. Esta noticia me produce en parte alegría y en parte preocupación. Lo bueno es que el presidente actual tiene gran aceptación en el…

  • Museo Vintage Chibchombiano!

    Don’t ask me how I found this site… Museo Vintage If you are colombian, take a look and have a good laugh.