Dos colombianos fueron elegidos entre los líderes jóvenes más destacables del planeta

Se trata de la directora de 'Amigos del Chocó', Catalina Cock, y el codirector del Banco de la República, Juan Mario Laserna, quienes fueron destacados por el Foro Económico Mundial (FEM).
Un total de 25 de jóvenes latinoamericanos han sido incluidos en la lista de 250 "Jóvenes líderes mundiales", difundida hoy por el FEM, en la que se incluyen personalidades de 70 países.

(noticia completa en: ELTIEMPO)

yeah, those are excellent news, I'm sooooooooooo proud of my country and especially of this young woman who is working everyday to make from this world a better place.
Catalina, is an ASHOKA fellow who is tackling the environment issue, with innovative ways to avoid deforastation involving the communities affected. I had the pleasure to meet her last year in our EXPLORA meeting in Colombia, where she was a speaker and shared with us the experience of being a social entrepreneur.
It is hard to put in words how excited I feel with this recognition, and I only hope this can inspire more people to change the world... yeah, I'm still a dreamer, but this kind of people are the ones that feed my dreams and make me think it is possible to reach them.

Xmas in Mexico

My 4th xmas in a row out of town, again a time to realize that friends can be family too (although not replacing them, I missed you guys)

we exchanged gifts, offered food from our countries (Czech Rep, Germany, Colombia, Brazil, Spain, Panama, England, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile and Mexico!).. my speciality this time was turkey with mushrooms and almonds sauce... not typical from Colombia, but I had to do something with the Turkey I got from work (thanks ABN) :) but we also had NATILLA and I tried to offer some buñuelos, but I had to learn that Queso Crema is not a good option for buñuelos :( so we had to pass on buñuelos this time.

XOCHIMILCO

Xochimilco lies 28 km south of Mexico City. With its network of canals and artificial islands, it testifies to the efforts of the Aztec people to build a habitat in the midst of an unfavourable environment (as they did with what today is Mexico City too). Its characteristic urban and rural structures, built since the 16th century and during the colonial period; have been preserved in an exceptional manner.

As usual, Hana and Filipe were part of this journey, so we woke up early in a saturday morning to discover the beauties of Xochimilco.

The whole city, or to be more precise "village", still looks like the colonial times, it is beautiful coloured, the streets are small, and even if it is a touristic city, it keeps the simplicity of mexicas, and it is amazingly cheap!

The main attraction in Xochimilco are the trajineras that is the name they give to the boats that take you around the channels of the city in a very typical mexican style, in fact while you are in your boat you can get a serenata by mariachis, northern bands or instrumental music, you can get mexican food served in your boat, or simply bring from home food and your sound system and start the party in your own boat!!