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Ricardo - colombia through its people part VII
posted 4 months ago by colgringo | 0 comments
Ricardo is in some respects a success story. Yet in other ways a testament to the trickle down effect of the drug trade and example of the diversity of wealth in the country.
I first met the over 50 year old man when he needed to learn English qu...
I first met the over 50 year old man when he needed to learn English qu...
Salome Part VI of Colombia through its people
posted 5 months ago by colgringo | 4 comments
Salome graduated from University on Tuesday with a degree in Chemistry. Thursday she boarded a plane for a 16 hour trip to Berlin, Germany. The youngest of 3 children and the only female she is the first in the known history of her family to gradu...
Understanding Colombia for Americans
posted 5 months ago by colgringo | 2 comments
Understanding Colombia, South America is not easy. But I think Americans should as the country is the largest recipient of US taxpayer dollars in the Western hemisphere as well as the largest supplier of cocaine to the US. Currently our congress i...
Does the End Always Justify the Means?
posted about 1 year ago by colgringo | 0 comments
CNN covered the news as well as a few other places in the USA – “Millions in Bogotá March for Liberation of Hostages” from the FARC. I was in Bogotá on Sunday and there is more to it than the US news reports.
Sunday July 20 was also Colombian In...
Sunday July 20 was also Colombian In...
Noticing Cultural Differences
posted about 1 year ago by colgringo | 0 comments
We tend to look at things through eyes of our learned cultural. Only actually living in another country can one actually discover the differences and even then it takes awhile.
In Colombia I have identified two major cultural differences. This is...
In Colombia I have identified two major cultural differences. This is...
Are Colombian Men rude, unlearned and discourteous
posted about 1 year ago, updated 1 minute later by colgringo | 0 comments
I do believe the incident last night helps show how bad the men in Colombia are in regards to treatment of women. To call the majority of Colombian men gentlemen would be an outright fabrication of the truth. Though as always there are those who a...
Are Cultural Differences Costing Us Billions?
posted about 1 year ago by colgringo | 0 comments
The lies by the local government in Colombia continue to adversely affect me. (For those you don’t remember, the town government keeps telling the citizens that my wife and I filed a document to shut down the stadium. When the truth is that it was...
Many asking for Miracles
posted about 1 year ago, updated about 6 hours later by colgringo | 0 comments
Saturday I taught English to students in Bogotá. Sunday found me back in Bogotá again and like several previous weeks before, again at the Viente de Julio church. I still do not know why my wife wants to go every Sunday to that church in the south...
Released hostages - Colombian Problems Continue
posted about 1 year ago by colgringo | 0 comments
The big news from Colombia that has hit many American papers is the rescue of the hostages from the FARC. It was done in a deception manner without loss of a single life. Included in the release are three Americans. They became hostages when the p...
