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Richard McColl
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Journalist, Writer, Podcaster, PhD, Analyst and Public Speaker: longtime Brit in Colombia. Host of the Colombia Calling podcast and the LatinNews podcast. Words in Globe and Mail, Foreign Policy, BBC, CNN, WSJ, Daily Beast... https://colombiacalling.co
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Richard McColl @londomomposino.bsky.social · Mar 29
Please read and leave a review for my book!

The Mompós Project: A Tale of Love, Hotels and Madness in Colombia

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The Mompós Project: A Tale of Love, Hotels and Madness in Colombia
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Richard McColl @londomomposino.bsky.social · 1h
Trump Administration Live Updates: Strikes on Purported Drug Boats Are Said to Have Also Killed Colombians www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Strikes on Purported Drug Boats Are Said to Have Also Killed Colombians
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Richard McColl @londomomposino.bsky.social · 1h
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Richard McColl @londomomposino.bsky.social · 8h
hugely popular!

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The Final Stretch: Hiking the Andes from Argentina to Venezuela
Episodio de podcast · Colombia Calling - The English Voice in Colombia · 07/10/2025 · 58 min
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Richard McColl @londomomposino.bsky.social · 8h
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Event at SOAS, University of London
Author Andrei Gomez-Suarez speaks to Professor Phil Clark
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Richard McColl @londomomposino.bsky.social · 8h
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Ecuador arrests five for alleged presidential assassination attempt
A large group of people threw rocks at Daniel Noboa's car, which bears "signs of bullet damage", an official says.
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Richard McColl @londomomposino.bsky.social · 8h
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Guyana's New Political Climate
Episodio de podcast · The LatinNews Podcast · 07/10/2025 · 48 min
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Richard McColl @londomomposino.bsky.social · 9h
Author Barry Max Wills, represented by my startup Fuller Vigil, will be on the radio tomorrow in Melbourne, Australia, discussing his book about Colombia,

"Better than Cocaine,"

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Better Than Cocaine: Learning to grow coffee, and live, in Colombia
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Richard McColl @londomomposino.bsky.social · 9h
Author Andrei Gomez Suarez, published by my startup publishing company Fuller Vigil, held another event yesterday in London.

A full house @soasuni.bsky.social

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We Are Not Made of Sugar: A Childhood Memoir from Colombia: Gómez Suárez, Andrei: 9786280182087: Amazon.com: Books
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Richard McColl @londomomposino.bsky.social · 9h
and then I wrote another one.

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The Mompós Project: A Tale of Love, Hotels and Madness in Colombia: McColl, Richard, McColl, Richard: 9786280173528: Amazon.com: Books
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Richard McColl @londomomposino.bsky.social · 9h
When I tired of almost recycling articles for the press about Colombian just changing dates and names but pushing out the same content...

I wrote a book instead.

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Colombia at a Crossroads: A Historical and Social Biography: McColl, Richard: 9798324024246: Amazon.com: Books
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Richard McColl @londomomposino.bsky.social · 9h
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Illegal gold mining clears 140,000 hectares of Peruvian Amazon
Armed criminal groups tear down precious rainforest to capitalise on record gold prices, report finds
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Richard McColl @londomomposino.bsky.social · 10h
Me dijo hoy:

“Te está floreciendo el guamo.”

(Venezolano por, te están saliendo canas.)
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Richard McColl @londomomposino.bsky.social · 12h
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Guyana's New Political Climate
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7 countries, 8000 miles, 21 months and 9 pairs of shoes: How Oliver Treviso hiked the Andes.
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The Final Stretch: Hiking the Andes from Argentina to Venezuela
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Richard McColl @londomomposino.bsky.social · 1d
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As U.S. pressure mounts, Venezuela's foreign 'hostages' face growing uncertainty
Dozens of foreign nationals are locked up in Venezuelan prisons, accused of crimes they may not have committed. As the U.S. ramps up pressure on Caracas, families fear for their loved ones stuck there...
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Richard McColl @londomomposino.bsky.social · 1d
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Guyana's New Political Climate
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Richard McColl @londomomposino.bsky.social · 1d
US military build up in the Caribbean, paranoia in Venezuela....where does Guyana fit into this?

My latest for the LatinNews podcast.

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Guyana's New Political Climate
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The Final Stretch: Hiking the Andes from Argentina to Venezuela
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587: The Final Stretch: Hiking the Andes from Argentina to Venezuela
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587: The Final Stretch: Hiking the Andes from Argentina to Venezuela
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The Final Stretch: Hiking the Andes from Argentina to Venezuela
Podcast Episode · Colombia Calling - The English Voice in Colombia · 07/10/2025 · 58m
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Richard McColl @londomomposino.bsky.social · 1d
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Relationship whiplash in Latin America
Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Venezuela
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Richard McColl @londomomposino.bsky.social · 2d
The Colombia Briefing | 6th October
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The Colombia Briefing | 6th October
🗞️ Two Colombians illegally detained in Israel; multiple attacks on prison guards across Colombia; Constitutional Court rules on trans women in volleyball; unemployment lowest since 2003 & more
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Richard McColl @londomomposino.bsky.social · 2d
I'd take the job at Rangers, just saying.
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