more links

Individual pages (non-commercial)

A. C. Blessing - large selection of slice of life photos, links and info about Colombia

Aronson Family - quality photos of Raquira, the countryside, chivas and souvenirs

Néstor Raúl - a boatload of information, check out the Amazon photos (bilingual)

South American Diary - stories and photos about living in Colombia and Venezuela

Publicaciónes

Colombia news (Google) - news wire and newspaper articles

Colombia news (Yahoo) - news wire and newspaper articles, website links

Colombia Times - news wire and newspaper articles

Miami Herald - Americas page, Andres Oppenheimer column, El Nuevo Herald (español)

New York Times - Americas page (free registration required for the Herald, NYT and Post)

Washington Post - South America page, Marcela Sanchez column (bilingual)

El Tiempo - Bogotá edition of the country's largest newspaper (español)

Semana - weekly news magazine (español)

Viajes y turismo  

Fodors - info on Bogotá only. Colombia travel forum is not very active

Go South America - appears to be a good site but haven't explored in depth

Lonely Planet - active Latin America travel forum (not Colombia-specific)

U.S. State Dept. - Consular Information Sheet, Travel Advisory, embassy links

Virtual Tourist - Real Travelers Sharing Real Information. This is fairly active

Economía, gobierno y historia

CIA World Fact Book - good place to start for basic info on any country

Coinvertir - the Invest in Colombia Corporation (bilingual)

Colombia Journal - essays on politics, U.S. foreign policy and human rights

ProExport - Colombian government site to promote exports (bilingual)

U.S. Library of Congress - country research.  Extensive historical overview.

World Bank - Colombia at a glance fact sheet (PDF download)

Usenet Newsgroups

rec.travel.latin-america

soc.culture.latin-america (español)

soc.culture.colombia (español) - hit and miss, often gets off track

Todos los hiperenlaces son activos en mayo de 2005