Bogotá is a safe city: mayor

Bogotá mayor Samuel Moreno defended his security policy Tuesday before Congress that criticized him for letting security in the capital slip. Moreno disagrees and reiterates that Bogotá is Latin America's fourth safest city.

The Polo Democrático mayor's come under fierce criticism by the coalition in Congress, because of rising crime rates and an increased sense of insecurity among citizens of the capital.

"The insecurity situation in Bogotá indicates that we are walking backwards. We are returning to the years that the people weren't able to cross the street without being attacked," House Representative for Bogotá David Luna said.

"Between 1993 and 2006, Bogotá witnessed a continuous reduction of homicide rates, going from 60 murders per 100,000 inhabitants to 18,8 murders per the same number of people. During the administration of mayor Samuel Moreno the situation has reversed completely: The murderrate rose 4.6% and went from 18.8 to 19.2 between 2007 and 2008 (...)Robberies saw a 36.61 increase in the first half of 2008. The number of psysical assaults rose 2.17% during the same period and the number of sex crimes rose 39.9%," the Representative added.

Moreno defended his policy saying Bogotá is Latin America's fourth safest city and that "there is a compromise between this administration and all organisms of the State to guarantee the security of those living in the capital."

The mayor added his administration invested 1.2 trillion (US$467 million) in security during his four years as mayor and highlighted the intervention in 31 areas in the city, where the municipality is working to improve the quality of life.

www.bogota.gov.co

NEW “ANDRES CARNE DE RES” IN BOGOTA !!

In four floors of the Centro Comercial El Retiro in the pink zone, does the Bogota headquarters of one of the most prestigious restaurants in Latin America, Andrés Carne de Res was inaugurated in September 2009 after much speculation about its opening.

With the same texture to the already established giants Chia, Andrew DC (Hearts) keeps the artistic and rustic essence that both differentiates this restaurant from the rest. Bogota headquarters, plus open daily and offer breakfast on Sundays, is a difference in three stages which can occur between other musical shows, and its structure made the top allows the circus games that excite both its creator, Andrew Jaramillo.

The kitchen, watch the original flavor of a site that is characterized by good time. Likewise, music, and playful dedcoración are players within the halls, broken stairs and and balconies.
More than 2,000 square meters of construction, 800 direct and 200 indirect jobs, their 361 tables, 2075 chairs, visited by more than 3,000 people in one day, the four remaining open, speak clearly an almost perfect gear, front which still remains Jaramillo, the 'Gaviero', as he said, guiding a ship that has taken a new course, which includes the opening of his restaurant Andrew DC, Bogota, on 18 August.

"Andrew is a great recycler of all Colombian popular iconography handled with humor and respect, but, above all, with positivism. That's what time and project wanted to achieve in this great collection, unique and exclusive. We wanted to pay tribute single but with all the good vibes, 'bacanería' and joy that characterizes us, "said Helda Diaz, CEET content manager.

For it is ultimately a way to position further its brand and to dream, why not, with little time to become a franchise like Juan Valdez, which may lead Colombia's friendly face to everyone.


http://www.andrescarnederes.com

The museum

On 28 July 2001, date on which it met the 178 years since the founding of the National Museum of Colombia, its director, presented the works of the Comprehensive Restoration Project Building began twelve years ago.

The day is open to the public all of its permanent exhibition rooms totally renovated:
17 spaces that are on display, about 2,500 objects in the collection of art, history, ethnography and archeology.

For the restoration, the National Museum undertook a thorough analysis of their vocation and mission that led him to formulate the 'reprogramming and design of the National Museum', by which it established a clear agenda to follow museum and museum.

Thus, the National Museum of Colombia took on the task of improving its headquarters, rethink its mission and design a high-tech museology, according to public needs.
this is an awesome place to visit if you want to learn more of the culture of Bogotá y can find it in 7 th avenue with 28 street.

www.bogotaturismo.gov.co/atractivos/museos/

Natural Gas

This was announced through a statement, the company Gas Natural SA ESP, responsible for marketing the fuel, but gave no explanation on the reasons for the new suspension.


Superservicios punish and investigate Ecopetrol for gas crisis

. they noted that "for reasons beyond his control" was again forced to stop from midnight, the commercialization of gas which at least about 120 thousand vehicles are mobilized in the capital and in the two municipalities in Cundinamarca. De estos, cerca de 20 mil son taxis. Of these, about 20 thousand are taxis.

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Pardo & Petro won

On Sunday two important oppoistion parties, the Liberal Party and the Polo Democratico Alternativo, chose their presidential candidates. Rafael Pardo won the liberal consult by a landslide as was expected but the result in the Polo Democrático surprised everyone. The leading candidate was Carlos Gaviria, an intellectual and former magistrate of the Constitutional Court who promises to build a truly radical left, but instead voters chose Gustavo Petro, a former M-19 guerrilla member who is now one of the country's best senators. He represents a more moderate left and is willing to form a coalition with other opposition parties. In general there was a low turnout, a worrying presage for the opposition.

http://www.polodemocratico.org.co/root/index.php

Culture

Cultural attractions in Bogotá:
Bogota is known as the Athens of South America due to the cultured nature of its inhabitants who feast on the city's inspirational treats. The Candelaria alone boasts close to 500 artistic and educational institutions. Calle 10 in the Candelaria is home to several museums, the opulent Cristobal Colon theatre, the Palacio San Carlos and then opens onto the grandeur of the Plaza de Bolivar, with the Presidential Palace, Cathedral and Courts of Justice.
Nightlife in Bogotá:
There is something for every taste here in Bogota. The Zona T is a stretch of pedestrianised streets lined with cafes, restaurants, bars and clubs. The Zona T is in the heart of the Zona Rosa where most night time attractions can be found. Fear not, this is not a place solely for tourists, Bogotanos frequent here in their droves.
Restaurants in Bogotá:
As you would expect from a capital city you can sink your teeth into just about any type of cuisine from Peruvian to Mediterranean to Eastern.
At Tinaja y Tizon (Calle 119 No 6-06) they specialize in grilled meats and typical Colombian dishes of ajiaco (hearty corn and potato based chicken soup) and from 20:00 you can also listen to live music.
In the center of Bogota you can find a lot of Bogotá’s culture like the famous “chorro de quebedo” that was where the city was founded. Also, there are the classical houses of bogota. For last, the theather and the cuenteros represent alto the culture of bogota.



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The Killers are an American alternative rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2002. The band consists of Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. Part of the post-punk revival movement, The Killers draw their influences from music styles of the 1980s. The group's debut of the album Day & Age, produced by Stuart Price, was released in 2008. They will act on Bogota on November 15 of 2009 in the park Jaime duque.



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Destinations

Culture is breathed and experienced every day in Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, located at 2,600 meters above sea level. The past and the present blend in this metropolis founded in 1538 to offer its visitors varied artistic expressions that include museum exhibits, dance, theater, music, and splendid cuisine.
From old times, Bogotá has offered a rich socio-cultural context that is the product of the convergence of Colombia’s contemporary and ancestral cultures. As a result of this convergence, visitors will find an ancestral past represented in architecture and historical elements preserved in its museums in addition to a present full of life.
The city always surprises its visitors. Every corner offers something to see and do. In Bogotá, we have:
• 58 museums
• 62 art galleries
• 45 stage theaters
• over 40 movie theaters
• 161 national monuments
• 75 large sports and mechanical attraction parks
• 44 handicraft shops
• 28 tourist interest churches

www.bogotaturismo.gov.co

Economics

The economic national panorama is characterized by a minimal marketable production that has diminished to a few primary products of low technology - and on the industry to the activity of a few ones you plant that in the main they do part of the big transnational ones.
I come second, a few very strong groups of pressure - or the most important economic groups of the country that already we know - specially financially and third, the highest levels of conflict as accumulated historically that continues deepening furthermore the weakness of a supposition been for all, or strengthening to That yes is a royal State of the oligarchy.

In a scene as this one, the exposition will be serious, from of a government under the order of the financial capital, of defending the royal production of the country with measures of safeguard; when to advance a politics of this type - that the experience recommends must be an integral in order that it is effective - it is necessary to have a strong State in the defence of the national interest, in order that it is not easily pressed by the economic groups, and a minimal consensus on behalf of the society, characteristics that in Colombia are a few Utopias.
On the other hand, the international panorama characterized by an eminently financial globalization, orientated by the world capital of the big transnational corporations and of the richest countries, presses to abolish the autonomy of the countries as for economic politics, specially exchange and financial, and has left in a background the market of goods and services, but in addition, where they reign those of contained technological high place.

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Art

Botero museum: This collection of art it was donated in the year 2000 by Fernando Botero, plastic Colombian artist recognized internationally. In the oriental side of the Museum there are exhibited 85 international works that include the principal artistic movements of ends of the 19th century, being outlined artists like Bacon and Moore, between others. In the western side, there show themselves 123 works of the teacher Botero in different skills as painting, drawing and sculpture.

National museum of Colobmia:
Temporary expocitions



Diego, Frida and other revolutionaries

2009-08-27 a 2009-11-15

The National Museum will present three exhibitions dedicated to Mexico and to the artistic relations that Colombia has had with this country from the 19th century.






This i dont do it more in my life. María Teresa Hincapié

2009-09-07 a 2010-03-07
ticket for entering the museum

Two of the works most remembered of the career of the artist: Showcase of 1989 and one thing is a thing of 1990




Galán lives

2009-08-12 a 2009-12-12
ticket entering the museum

The exhibition proposes to remember Luis Carlos Galan Sarmiento, who was a political hope in the cloudy Colombian panorama of the decade of 1980.

www.culturarecreacionydeporte.gov.co

The History of Bogota

The History of Bogotá refers to the history surrounding the Colombian capital city of Bogotá. The area of nowadays Bogotá was first populated by groups of indigenous peoples that migrated from mesoamerica. Among these groups were the Muiscas that settled in what is now mainly Cundinamarca and Boyacá. With the arrival of the Spanish colonizers the area became a major settlement, founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada and later capital of Spanish provinces. With the independence Bogotá became capital of the Gran Colombia and later on capital of the Republic of Colombia.
First populations inhabiting Bogotá were the Muiscas, members of Chibcha linguistic family. Upon conquerors arrival, the group is calculated in half a million indigenous population. They occupied the highland and mild climate flanks between Sumapaz mountain to the southwest and Cocuy snow peak to the northeast, covering an approximate extension of 25,000 km², which comprising Bogotá high plain
Bogotá was founded on the 6th of August 1538 by the Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada who fough the Chibcha Indians near the site of the populous tribe center called Bacatá. The new city became the vice-regal capital of New Granada in 1717. It was captured by Simón Bolívar in 1819 and was the capital of the independent nation of Great Colombia (which included modern day Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela). It became the capital of New Granada (later renamed Colombia) in 1830 when Great Colombia was dissolved.
The city grew slowly because Bogotanos (cachacos) wished to preserve their old culture. They cherished their churches, convents, homes (built in the ornate Spanish colonial style) and the National University, founded in 1573. They also prided themselves on speaking the purest Spanish in the New World. The city expanded rapidly after 1940 as large numbers of rural Colombians migrated there in search of greater economic opportunities. It is sometimes called the Athens of South America. Bogotá is now Colombia's largest financial, political, and cultural center. The National University of Colombia and many other universities located there make Bogotá the nation's chief educational center.
City Mayor and the Chapter formed by two Council men assisted by the Constable and the Police Chief governed the city. For better administering these domains in April 1550 the Audience of Santafé de Bogotá was organized, for Hearers to act. From that time the city became the capital and the home of New Kingdom of Granada government. Fourteen years later in 1564, the Spanish Crown designated the first Royal Audience Chairman, Andrés Díaz Venero de Leyva. The New Granada became Viceroy-ship in 1739 and kept that condition until Liberator Simón Bolívar achieved independence in 1819.

“The key” (La Llave)
"The Key" is a theatrical horror which tells the tragic story of the family Posada Franco and triplets who claim to see ghosts in the darkness, his parents said their children grew disturbed; is 1999 and two strange children care his mother waiting for the end of the world, hoping that death touches to your door. There are a few days ago took the life of a young man in bizarre circumstances. The secrets that hide in the house are locked. A visit comes unexpectedly in the shadows of the corridors of this house ... loneliness smells, it smells like death.
Finding the key (what consist “the Key”)
They are 60 minutes of pure terror, is an hour of travel in groups of 6 people (The people who come alone or in pairs come with others to form the group), in the midst of a story that will leave you breathless, to witness the new theater that was born in Bogota, experience what has never before been presented in the city, if you do not control their baser instincts, please do not enter into that house ... not find that key.


Oliver twist in bogota

The greatest musical producer of the world, the English Cameron Mackintosh, it sold the rights to the musical Oliver Misi Colombian producer who will have the honor to the first Authorized Version in Spanish of this show to be presented in Colsubsidio Roberto Arias Perez since 9 September.

Santiago de las Casas will be responsible for both interpret Oliver, together with 60 players who are among 30 children between 7 and 12 will give life to this classic of world literature.

The assembly is directed by Rob Barron and will be produced by Maria Isabel Murillo, better known as Juliana Misi Robinson's wardrobe and set design by Julian Hoyos.

The Work

It narrates the adventures and misadventures of a boy of good birth, who is abandoned by his mother at the door of a reformatory who runs away when it meets 9 years, to plunge into the underworld of London since 1850.

Drawn by Oliver ends circumstances under orders of Fagin, who runs a school where orphaned pickpockets learn to steal. In his first attempt, he steals the end of the story will be his grandfather, allowing that events begin to turn more and more exciting.

Do not miss this new musical bet Misi production because it promises to be a successful season.

Defined programation of the next games of the ” torneo finalizacion”:

On Friday, the 11th of September the day will be opened by the duel(grief) between(among) Tolima and Huila. The following day, on Saturday, the 12th, will play santa-fe - millionarios and Pereira - Caldas. The Dimayor also defined that the commitment between(among) America and Cali will be played on Sunday, the 13th from September to 6 p.m., with transmission for opened television, in the closing of the date of the classic regional ones of the professional Colombian football. Of another part, the local derby paisa between(among) Medellin and Native was programmed for Sunday at 30 after 3 in the afternoon and it(he,she) will go for closed television

America tied 1-1 with Santa Fe thanks to a goal of Anthony de Avila in the last minute:

A goal of the Chilean Julio Gutiérrez, of Santa Fe, to the minute 10 of the second time, had the América asking for a miracle not to lose opposite to all his interest. America already was signing his defeat, in the stadium Pascual Guerrero of Cali, when, in the last sigh, there appeared the veteran Anthony of Avila, who took advantage of Léider Preciado's butt for, since accidentally unintentionally, to sentence the tie of the 'escarlatas''.

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