(Bloomberg) -- Colombia’s second-most powerful elected official, Carlos Fernando Galan, is trying to turn its capital into an investor-friendly oasis in a nation governed by the radical left. Since ...

From bicycle-only days to smoke-belching buses, street performers to sustainable (and unsustainable) growth, our blogger of the week offers an insider's tour of the Colombian capital Bogotá has a ...

Once regarded as one of the world’s most dangerous countries, Colombia has seemingly turned a corner. Home to vibrant cities, sprawling jungle and idyllic Caribbean coastline, its capital, Bogota, is ...

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — The Colombian capital is home to 11 million people — and to some of the worst traffic jams in the world. That's why, after more than 80 years of dithering, Bogotá officials are ...

In recent years, shipping containers have been used for everything imaginable: homes, computer labs, studios, cafes, farms, parks and hotels. Bucking geographical boundaries, they’ve popped up all ...

The development of Oscar Niemeyer’s Brasilia saw Brazil bequeathed with a newly built capital in the 1960s. Now, in what is being heralded as the largest built institutional master plan to be approved ...