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Richard McColl

Richard McColl

Colombia's "Environmental President."

For colombianists studying Colombian president Ivan Duque’s interventions during COP26 in Glasgow there’s one key moment that resonates. As…

Nov 5, 2021

Colombia's "Environmental President."

Nov 5, 2021

Richard McColl

Will the Delta strain affect Colombia?

Colombia’s Covid-19 contagions and deaths are currently in a steep and welcome decline. This is to be lauded but also to be treated with…

Aug 30, 2021

Will the Delta strain affect Colombia?

Aug 30, 2021

Richard McColl

The Second phase of Covid-19 in South America further erodes civil liberties

At his mother’s wake, Juan Felipe’s neighbours, friends and relatives attended, drinks were shared, stories recounted and even the rain…

Aug 22, 2020

Aug 22, 2020

Richard McColl

The Travel Market Evolution will be Expedited

We felt the tremor, we almost always do, as we are alerted to the fact by the lightweight doors in our apartment unable to resist the…

Apr 18, 2020

The Travel Market Evolution will be Expedited

Apr 18, 2020

Richard McColl

Travel and tourism in Colombia will be long affected by the pandemic

The international 24-hour news channels engage us with cute visuals of wildlife reclaiming the streets in cities around the world and…

Apr 5, 2020

Travel and tourism in Colombia will be long affected by the pandemic

Apr 5, 2020

Richard McColl

Times of Trouble: An Existential Crisis on a Colombian Highway

The thermometer on my dashboard reads 82 degrees Fahrenheit, my air-conditioning is on and we are cruising along comfortably. My preferred…

Oct 20, 2018

Times of Trouble: An Existential Crisis on a Colombian Highway

Oct 20, 2018

Richard McColl

Sonia and the Gringo

In the second instalment of, "The Mompós Project," and published first on the South Writ Large literary magazine based in New Orleans…

Aug 12, 2018

Sonia and the Gringo

Aug 12, 2018

Richard McColl

Distractionary Tactics in Colombia’s Presidential Elections

What if, this “polarization” between candidates Gustavo Petro on the left and Ivan Duque on the right is nothing more than a distractionary…

Apr 15, 2018

Distractionary Tactics in Colombia’s Presidential Elections

Apr 15, 2018

Richard McColl

Chapter 1: The Mompós Project

I did not see it of course. In fact, I only learnt of the event several weeks later when asking after the origins of a stubborn blemish on…

Mar 4, 2018

Chapter 1: The Mompós Project

Mar 4, 2018

Richard McColl

Richard McColl

Writer and foreign correspondent in Colombia. Hotelier, Conflict Resolution specialist and academic. He is currently on the lookout for an editor for his novel.

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