
Claire McQue
Writer at Freelance
Journalist in Colombia. Latin America contributor at @TheEconomist, with words also in @NatGeoTravelUK @BBC_Travel @lonelyplanet @theiPaper @TempusMagazine
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Aug 28, 2024 |
bbc.com | Claire McQue
A spirit so good people are smuggling it in suitcasesClaire McQueViche is on the verge of becoming Colombia's national alcohol (Credit: Claire McQue)Strong, sweet and steeped in history, viche could become to Colombia what mezcal is to Mexico. But Afro-Colombians are having to fight to save it from cultural appropriation. Colombia's south-west is a wild region festooned with silvery rivers that disgorge into the Pacific Ocean. Only two main roads snake through emerald rainforest towards the coast.
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Jul 27, 2024 |
nationalgeographic.com | Claire McQue
This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). You hear Cali first, w hether it’s the infectious anthems that spill from its cafes or the hypnotic pulse of its clubs. A short hop southwest from the Colombian capital, Bogotá, this tropical metropolis has been electrifying dance-lovers since Puerto Rican and Cuban musicians arrived via New York in the 1970s, mambo grooves in tow. Cultural cross-pollination has shaped its food scene, too.
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RT @dickinsonbeth: Armed groups in #Colombia rely so heavily on child recruitment that in many areas, the war is over the kids. Communiti…

My brief update in @TheEconomist on the deteriorating security situation in Colombia, where the largest active guerrilla group — the ELN — are waging war in three parts of the country. There is little stopping them. Humanitarian crises multiply: https://t.co/2GQjv8pzyM

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