Food for thought from Colombia IAN STALKER Two generations team up at interior Colombia’s Hacienda Santa Clara to offer culinary pointers to those eager to learn how to prepare a meal that enables them to chow down in a particularly Colombian fashion. Hotel staff are happy to teach guests staying...

Cocora Valley appeared in movie Encanto IAN STALKER Tinseltown has provided a helping hand to the tourism trade in Andean Colombia’s Cocora Valley and in doing so is helping give the verdant area an even greener hue. The lofty valley appeared in the 2021 Disney animated movie Encanto, which those...

State played a major role in Mexican independence story/ IAN STALKER photos/ ANN RUPPENSTEIN Juan Jose Alvarez Brunel says the interior Mexican state of Guanajuato doesn’t have the sun-soaked beaches that Mexican coastal resorts do and he can easily live with that. Alvarez Brunel, the state’s...