entertainment

Nightlife

In the North

Sugar water and aspirin's (5 sites) Main Street 100 # 47-35 Phone 271-0546 Live music
Arcana Carrera 5 N º. 119-11 Phone: 214-2678
Amaranta Calle 93 B N º. 11A-34
Andres Carne de Res (Restaurant and Dance) Calle 3 N º. 11A -56 Phone: 863-7880 (Chia) Live music
Almirante Padilla Calle 82 N º. 12-21 Phone: 257-9040 - Electronic music / popular
Antiphon Coffee Bar Calle 85 N º. 11-38 Phone: 530-2656
Carrera 11A No. Africafé. 93 to 93 Phone: 616-5058
Blue Café Calle 93 A N º. 12-73 Phone: 640-7421 - Arabic

Bacci Carrera 15 N º. 97-22 Phone: 218-2587 Live music
Bar No. Carrera7 Antarctica. 117-30
Bar Casa Brava Usaquén Heights La Calera 4.5 km Phone: 874-1012
Bar Shambara Calle 95 N º. 13 to 36 Phone: 400-7373
Bariya Walnut Street Cafe Bar Restaurant 77A No. .12-26 Phone: 346-1404
Barbarella Bar Carrera 14 N º. 83 to 49 Phone: 256-9372
Beer Station No. 116th Street. 17 to 89 Phone: 215-4800

Coffee Art Anatevka Carrera 23 N º. 140 -13 Phone: 216-4875
Shamu Café Avenida 19 N º. 114-70
Café Milan Carrera 15 N º. 88 to 94 Phone: 236-6785
Coffee and Crepes Carrera 16 N º. 82 to 17 Phone: 236-2688
Coffee Roasting Carrera 12 N º. 93-64 Phone: 257-7976
Camerino Calle 93 N º. 13 -85 Phone: 236-0422
Beer House Park 93. Calle 94 and Carrera 13
Chamois Calle 85 N º. 11-69 Phone: 218-3285 Mexican music and rock
Chivarumba.com (various locations) Phone: 346-6908
Citron Carrera 13 N º. 93 -24 Phone: 621-5807
Crow No. 93 B Street. 11A - 34 Phone: 600-8044
Fourth St. Alexis Transversal 17 N º. 120-48 Phone: 214-2331

Dynamo Calle 93A N º. 13 to 25 Phone: 616-1299

Eight Bells pub Español Calle 120 A No.. 6-23 (Usaquén)
The Cafe del Mono Nuñez Calle 93 B N º. 13 to 61 Phone: 609-0170
El Jardin de las Delicias Calle 80 N º. 11-16 Phone: 236-9207 Electronic music
El Salto del Angel Club and Restaurant Carrera 13 N º. 93A - 45 Phone: 236-3139
Site Carrera 11 A N º. 93-52 Phone: 530-5050
El Toro Blue Carrera 11A N º. 93 to 18 Phone: 256 7080
Flora D.C. Carrera 15 N º. 88-63 Phone: 257-7105
Forum Café Calle 93A N º. 13A -49 Phone: 531-0969
Four Rooms Carrera 14 N º. 82 to 50 Phone: 218-0727 Electronic music
Funky Carrera 14 N º. 83 to 44 Phone: 610-6931

Gaira Café Calle 96 N º. 13/04 Phone: 623 15 51
Ganesh Carrera 11 N º. 93A - 85 Phone: 601-9606
Black Cat Street No. 93A. 11A - 47 Phone: 530-3385
G-Spot Calle 93 B N º. 11 A-14, 2nd Floor Phone: 616-0048 Electronic music
Guarana Coffee Bar Calle 83 N º. 14-13 Phone: 623 7811 Electronic music

Hard Rock Café Calle 81 N º. 13/05 Local 011 Phone: 530 7328
H. Sasson Wok and Satay Bar Calle 83 N º. 12-49 Phone: 616-4520 Rock Music
Houston's Carrera 17 N º. 93 to 17 Phone: 236-4722 Mexican and Rock Music

Icarus Café Carrera 13 N º. 93-60 Phone: 623-3223 Mexican music and popular
Carrera 11A No. Indigo. 93B-27Teléfono: 691-5004 Rock Music
Infatti Ristorante Cafe Bar No. Calle119. 5-84 Phone: 619-6014 (Italiano)
Jawa Calle 118 N º. 26 to 33 Phone: 213-7486
John Cantina Bar Calle 85 N º. 11-53 int. 6 Phone: 258-0521
Juan Tama Bar and Restaurant Calle 170 N º. 64 to 47 Phone: 600-7715

Kaoba Calle 82 No 12 - 42 Phone: 621-8009, Electronic music - rock

La Bombonera Carrera 7 N º. 117-30 Phone: 620-0280 Send varied
The Beer House Calle 140 N º. 22-19 Phone: 648-4255
La Cuadra Carrera 12 A No 83-29 Phone: 616-3674 Mexican Music / Rock
The Legend Carrera 13 N º. 93 to 76 Phone: 636-4512 "Vallenato" Live music
The Board Race. No. 14A. 83 to 44 Phone: 618-0410 Live music
The Tea Avenue 15 N º. 108-08 floor 2 Phone: 214-4151
Lazarus Calle 108 N º. 15 to 80 Phone: 213-8811 Music Rock, salsa, tropical
Lord Gamba Carrera 14 N º. 82 -26 Phone: 691-4965 Rock Music
Luna bar Calle 116 N º. 17 to 59 Phone: 619-2215

Matina Carrera 15 N º. 94-49 Phone: 610-5373 Music Jazz / Blues
Mister Babilla Calle 82 N º. 12-15 Phone: 218-9570
Mizu Carrera 11 N º. 80-11 Phone: 256-7039 Electronic music
Tequila Museum Carrera 13A N º. 86A-18 Phone: 531-3756 bohemian Mexican Music
Mystic Avenue 19 N º. 139-14 Phone: 626-4761 Send bohemia
Nabu Bar Calle 82 N º. Electronic music and Rock 13-26
Nick Havana Calle 122 N º. 25-59 Phone: 214-2083 Cuban and Spanish Music
Node Bar Calle 81 N º. 12 -70 Phone: 257-6203

OM Bar Street No. 84bis. 14A-10 Phone: 310-4156
Ovejo Carrera 14 N º. 83-72 Phone: 611-2496 Rock Music
Ozy Pub Calle 85 N º. 11 to 53 interior 3

Palos de Moguer Avenida 82 N º. 12/09 Phone: 218-803 Spanish Music, International, Rock
G-Spot Bar - Restaurant Calle 94 N º. 11-46 Phone: 616-7046 Shows
Pravda Carrera 12 N º. 83 to 10 Phone: 236-5055

Ramón Antigua Calle 93 A N º. 13 B-56 Phone: 691-8700
Ricuras Carrera 15 N º. 76-59 Phone: 691-1058
Rio d 'January bar / restaurant Calle 104 N º 20 A-18 Phone: 522-0182
Rock Garden Pub Carrera 13 N º. 81-37. English pub Salamyra
Avenida 15 N º. 102-45 Phone: 616-3055
Variety of music Salome Pagana Carrera 14 N º. 82-16
Phone: 218-4076 Salsateca. Salsa Music
VIP Lounge Calle 100 N º. 21 A-40 (Cosmos Hotel) Phone: 621-7750
Live music.
San Libardo Carrera 13 N º. 81-36 Phone: 610-6590 Rock Music
San Sebastian Carrera 13 N º. 93 B-48 Phone: 621-3284
Sarao Music Bar Diagonal 109 N º. 19A-65
Sayaka Carrera 11 N º. 80-11 Phone: 236-9207
Carrera 15 No. Sheyka. 95-80
Syldavia Carrera 11 N º. 79 -75 Phone: 255-4873

Tabatinga Calle 170 N º. 39 -09 Phone: 678-5246
Bavarian Tavern Atlantis Plaza Mall Phone: 530-7519
Carrera 11A No. taboo. 93B - 12 Phone: 236-1019
Takuba Restaurantee Bar Carrera 13 N º. 81-46 Phone: 236-0584

The Red Lion Pub Español Carrera 12 N º. 93 to 64 Phone: 691 7938 Rock Music
Store sugar water and aspirin's Calle 100 N º. 47-35 (5 sites) Phone: 271-0546
Live music
Tresor Bar Carrera 13 N º. 81-40 Phone: 257-4986
Tropical Cocktails Calle 93 A N º. 13A - 31 Phone: 257-1333 Electronic music

Vahi Carrera 12 N º. 93 to 43 2nd floor Phone: 493-6195
Verona Carrera 15 N º. 94 to 49 Phone: 634-9732
Villa Margarita Carrera 15 N º. 93B - 08 - 18 Phone: 610-2982 Mexican Music


On or after areas of the city

At the Center

Bar Restaurant Bonaparte Creperie - Avenida Jiménez N º. 4-48
Phone: 283-8788
The Goce Pagano Carrera 1 N º. 20.04
El Viejo Almacen Calle 15 N º. 4.30. Phone: 2433356. Music Argentina (tango)
Avenida Jiménez No. Sanalejo. 3-73 Phone: 334-6171 Music Jazz / Blues, Rock


Chapinero and around

The Plaza Carrera 13 N º. 66-42 Phone: 235-0866
The Model Calle 41 N º. 8 to 55 Telephone: 245-6858 Live music
Casa Buena Vista Carrera. 6 N º. 35-37 Phone: 245-4427
Bohemian Cafe Music Carrera 15 A N º. 46-36 Phone: 232-6585
Caribbean Club Carrera 28 N º. 52 -36 Phone: 211-1554 Salsa and Tropical Music
Palermo Carrera 15 A N º. 46-38 Phone: 285-8318

West
Tambó rumba, cinema and coffee Avenida Boyaca No.. 48-49 Phone: 252-7206
The Tavern Restaurant Cantinazo Avenida Boyaca No.. 49 to 63
Phone: 263-5779 Colombian Music
Northwest

Avenida Suba No. Fertig.net. 108-58 Phone: 624-0166 Rock Music
Havana Club Avenida Calle 68 No 73-68 Tel: 252 8231 Cuban Music
Hacienda La Margarita Restaurant and Club Street 222 N º. 46-03
Phone: 676-5015 Colombian Music
The North Farra Carrera 45A N º. 197-75 Phone: 203-7878

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History

Three and a half centuries after Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada founded Bogotá, the Spanish writer Marcelino Menendez y Pelayo referred to the city as "The Athens of South America." Needless to say, Quesada's intention was not precisely to reproduce ancient Greece in the New World. Like his fellow Spanish conquistadors, he arrived in search of riches. Although he returned home without finding El Dorado, the city he founded eventually became famous for precisely the reasons he stood out himself. Jimenez de Quesada was no violent man; he was a law graduate, a writer, and one might even say, a poet.

When Quesada landed in 1538, he immediately understood he was on good land. Impressed by the savannah, with its rivers protected by enormous hills, he immediately decided this would be the site for the city. Not even the difficulties in building at such altitude and such distance from the sea could dissuade him. Thus, on August 6, 1538, Santa Fe was founded on the West Range of the Andes, at 2640 meters (8661 feet) above sea level, 700 kilometers (435 miles) from the Atlantic Ocean and 370 kilometers (230 miles) from the Pacific. The city was named after Santa Fe in Granada, Spain, where Quesada was from. Soon after "de Bogotá" was added to the name, after "Bacatá," the name the natives gave to the place. In 1819 it became simply "Bogotá."

Santa Fe did not remain a quiet place for long, at first because seekers of El Dorado came and went incessantly and later because the city remained almost ungoverned. The city changed hands, from Santo Domingo (now the Dominican Republic) to Lima (the capital of the viceroyalty of Peru) in 1550. The great distances between Nueva Granada (as Colombia was then known) and the centers of power in Hispanic America meant that the local governors worked more or less independently and at times anarchically.

For this reason, a new viceroyalty was established in Santa Fe in 1739. Thus began the cultural flourishing of the city, which reached its height toward the end of the 18th Century, with the Ilustración Granadina or, Granadan Enlightenment. Figures appeared such as Celestino Mutis, who taught Newtonian physics and founded the Jardín Botánico and the Observatorio Astronómico, and Antonio Nariño, precursor of Colombia's independence.

Santa Fe was the cradle of the independence movements. The first insurrection took place on July 20, 1810, the first step toward New Granada's independence. The revolutionaries won a brief independence in 1813, but Santa Fe fell under Spanish rule once again in 1816. The following period of terror finally ended on the August 7, 1816, with Simón Bolívar's triumph in the Battle of Boyacá. Bolívar's plans included making Santa Fe the capital of Gran Colombia, a confederation of states that stretched over most of the continent. But Bolívar's dream was never realized, and the city assumed the more modest role as capital of the Republic of New Granada, which was renamed Colombia in the second half of the 19th Century.

After independence, Bogotá became Colombia's historical as well as geographical center, witnessing further fights and battles. Civil wars toward the end of the 19th Century between federalists and centralists would feed later disputes between the Liberal and Conservative parties. During this period the ambiguous feelings toward everything Spanish became palpable, feelings that moved between familiarity and resentment, between a desire to imitate and a desire to break with Spain. Examples of colonial architecture can still be seen in areas such as La Candelaria. At the beginning of the 20th Century, however, several French-style palaces were built nearby. This was the Republican period, by which point the population of the city had reached 100,000. A new cultural flourishing could be seen in the streets, driven by the creation of universities, and a traditional Bogotá character began to develop: men dressed in black gathering to drink coffee and speak about politics and other issues. The streetcar appeared at the same time, and gaps between social classes widened as more people immigrated to the city from the countryside.

Bogotá's cold and drizzle also started to gain a reputation. Bogota's history is, one might say, rather wet. The legend says the mythical Bochica separated two stones to empty the lake that covered the savannah, thus preparing the territory for Jimenez de Quesada to build the city many, many years later. During the Republican period it wasn't the lakes, but the rain which gave the people of Bogotá their identity. While the architecture started acquiring a Parisian feel, the people started looking more and more like Londoners. Historians have written about the rain in Bogotá on many occasions. For a long time, at certain hours of the afternoon, Bogota became a river of umbrellas. However, although it is still rainy and cold, the capital has lost much of this image. Increases in population and pollution have raised the temperature here as in other places.

Modernity arrived in Bogotá thanks to violence. On the April 9, 1948, Colombia's 20th century history was split in two. It all started in the capital, with the murder of the political leader Jorge Eliecer Gaitán, a liberal loved by the people and despised by the governing class. The people took to the streets, raided the shops, and burnt the churches and official buildings. Until that day, the city of 400,000 people had withstood many earthquakes. But the "Bogotazo," as this event is known, left behind a ruined city. That was the end of the streetcar and of the city's aspirations to be like London or Paris. From that time on, the North American influence became clear. The first modern buildings went up, and twenty years later, the first skyscrapers and shopping centers appeared. Migration from the provinces continued, and the contrasts between the rich North and the poor South became even more striking.

Recent local governments have concentrated on bringing people back to the city center and improving a transportation system that takes nine million citizens to and from their destinations every day. At the moment, the underground is being extended; new transport systems are being established; and roads are being built.

Bogotá is a city in which energy and chaos, insecurity and emotion, violence and creativity come together. It is certainly not a quiet place, but then one would never call it boring either. Those who enjoy Bogotá find a strange fascination in its chaos. The city is full of contrasts: gray by day, colorful by night, surrounded by green mountains protecting the vast valley, sunshine announcing rain, professional beggars, abject poverty next to modern shopping centers, and a true synthesis of classes, styles and regions. People sip coffee waiting for the rain to stop. At once, modern, classical and primitive, Bogotá is a unique city.

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Economic:
What improved itself in the Council Distrital from the ends of 2008 as a relief to the users, at last he(she) led to an increase in the tariffs of parking. The lack(mistake) of clarity on the part of the Administration Distrital on having regulated the collection caused a great confusion between(among) the citizens, who from Saturday noticed the increase in the prices.
The reason: in several establishments the VAT was added to the value of the tariff for minute, whereas before this tax was included in the cost of the quarter(room) of hour.

As consequence, for 15 minutes that were costing(worth) 1.300 weight now 1.550 weight is paid. The maximum value of the minute, which was fixed in 87 weight, increased to 101 weight for effect of the VAT.
Before the confusion that was generated in the city, the undersecretary of Mobility, Carlos Jose Herrera, argued yesterday that the District decided to exclude the VAT of the value of the new tariffs per minutes to be of benefit to the formal parkings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joCD5hE-lHo

Important Persons

Samuel Gustavo Moreno Rojas was born the February 11, 1960 is a Colombian American politician, son of former congressman Samuel Moreno Díaz and former presidential candidate María Eugenia Rojas Correa, grandson of former Colombian military dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. His brother Iván Moreno Rojas is a former Mayor of Bucaramanga, minister and senator. In October 28th 2007, Moreno Rojas was elected Mayor of Bogotá representing the Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA) for the 2008-2011 term.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuGTZ-6mKt8

Destination

Bolivar square
The Bolívar Square is located in the heart of the historical area of Bogotá. It has a statue of Simón Bolívar sculpted in 1846 by the Italian Pietro Tenerani, which was the first ever public monument in the city. Plaza Bolívar is also the name given to the main square in every city or town of Venezuela, the native country of Simón Bolívar.

El Campin
Nemesio Camacho "El Campín" Stadium is the main stadium of Bogotá, Colombia. It is the home ground of the Independiente Santa Fe and Millonarios association football teams; it is also the home ground of the Colombia national football team, together with Barranquilla's Estadio Metropolitano.

Simon Bolivar Park
Simón Bolívar Park is located in Bogotá, Colombia. The "Central Simón Bolívar Park" is part of a larger group of surrounding park areas, named the "Metropolitan Simón Bolívar Park". This includes El Lago Park, several sport complexes, a museum, two theme parks and a botanical garden. The Bogotá Palacio de los Deportes, hosting many concerts and events annually, is also part of the Metropolitan Park.


Maloka Museum
The Maloka Museum is an interactive science museum located in Bogotá, Colombia. Visitors interact with a wide variety of exhibits that explore topics in Science and Technology.
The museum has 9 rooms, with different science and technology topics; the Telecomunications Room shows interactive games about Binary System, the Computers' language, How does the cellphone work or what's the communication process.


Museo del Oro
The Gold Museumis a museum located in Bogotá, Colombia. It displays an extraordinary selection of its pre-Hispanic goldwork collection - the biggest in the world - in its exhibition rooms on the second and third floors. Together with other pottery, stone, shell, wood and textile archaeological objects, these items, made of what to indigenous cultures was a sacred metal, testify to the life and thought of different societies which inhabited what is now known as Colombia before contact was made with Europe.


Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Ángel Arango Library, is a public library located in Bogotá, Colombia. It was founded in 1923 as a small library with a few books on economics. It is currently under the administration of the Bank of the Republic.

La Candelaria
La Candelaria is a historic neighborhood in downtown Bogotá, Colombia. It is the equivalent to the Old City in other cities.[1] The architecture of the old houses, churches and buildings has Spanish Colonial and Baroque styles. It houses several universities, libraries and museums.

La Casa de Nariño
House of Nariñ or Palace of Nariño is the official home and principal workplace of the President of Colombia.

Universidad Nacional
The National University of Colombia also called UNAL or just UN, is a public, national, coeducational, research university, located primarily in Bogotá, Colombia.

http://www.bogotaturismo.gov.co/

culture

bogota,World Book Capital 2007

Virgilio Barco Public Library is located at the geographic heart of Bogota, near the Parque Simón Bolívar. In addition to the library, where this property is located contains a restaurant area, gardens, bike paths and parking areas for vehicles.


General Information Area: 16,092 m²
Capacity: 150,000 volumes
The library was designed by architect Rogelio Salmona and takes the name of a former president Virgilio Barco Vargas. The overall room is three levels and has a reading room, newspaper reading cubicles, computer room, library, audio library as well as digital catalogs, Internet and multimedia. An auditorium with capacity for 500 people, music room, exhibition hall and room information on Bogota. It also has a children's room with capacity for 100 children has workshops, toy library and puppet theater. The Library is considered a milestone in contemporary architecture in Colombia and one of the best works of its author.

In the location of the library are also restaurants, gardens and other attractions downtown.

It was recently stated by the Ministry of Culture of Colombia, together with other works of the late Colombian architect Rogelio Salmona, as a Cultural of National Character.

It is located on Avenida Cra 60 No. 57-60 west of Bogota

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Book_Capital

Art-Important Museums

• The Gold Museum is one of the most important museum in the world it preserves the most important pieces of gold in Colombia.
• The Colombian National Museum is the oldest museum in Colombia it have one of the best collections it have 17 exibition rooms and the permanent exibition is about archaeology and ethnography.
• The Colombian Mint House was created in 1957with works of the first hall of modern art, it has 3500 modern art works.
• The Modern Art Museum of Bogota(MAMBO) have modern art works like paintings, engravings, sculptures, etc; It have another exivitons of some colombian artist like Fernando Botero, Edgar Grau and Alejandro Obregon.

http://www.banrep.org/museo/esp/home.htm

Sports

This is a match between two of the great teams of football loving Colombia. Both are among the most successful clubs of the country. They probably hate America and Nacional more but the derby is important as this match decides who's the best club of the capital. Millonarios was originally founded as Municipal in 1938. It's supporters are mostly upper class located on the northern part of Bogota. Santa Fe was founded 3 years later and it has it's support in the southern and more traditional part of Bogota.

The following is the history of the club los millonarios.
During the 2000s, Millonarios has endured a financial crisis in the wake of the death of Rodriguez Gacha who was killed by the Colombian National Police. The club had two of their worst crises in 2 seasons: In 2002 the club had their worst financial situation, to the point that many people feared the possibility of Millos coming to an end. After a decent 2003 performance, chaos reappeared in later 2004 (while playing the Copa Mustang II), when Millos had their worst league campaign, finishing second from bottom. Millos also played in the Copa Sudamericana 2004, where they were knocked out by Atlético Junior in the preliminary phase.
From this point, Millonarios began a slow process to recover their former glory, managing to get again into the cup's group stage in 2006, something they didn't do at the previous tournament. Millos had further improvement when former Manchester City F.C. assistant manager Juan Carlos Osorio was appointed as the new Millonarios' Manager, which led the club to 3rd position in the League Stage of the Mustang Cup, and 5th in the addition of all the year's performance, taking Millos again into the Copa Sudamericana, while the financial situation of the team also had a notable recovery. In July 2007, Osorio left Millonarios to manage Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire, and he was replaced with Martín Lasarte; after a brief, but very unsuccessful period with Lasarte, Millonarios then hired Argentinian Mario Vanemerak as their new manager. Under Vanemerak, Millonarios began to shine again, most notably in the Copa Sudamericana 2007, where they eliminated several powerful teams, most notably Brazilian champions São Paulo FC in the quarter-finals, thanks to two goals from Ricardo Ciciliano. As of October 25, 2007, Millonarios has qualified for the Copa Sudamericana semi-finals, although they had a less impressive performance in the Colombian Copa Mustang II 2007 so far. The club currently is involved in a bankruptucy process that promises to cancel the team's debts and start a new chapter in Colombian football.
The following Is the history of the best time in all Colombia.
The team was founded on 28 February 1941 in Bogotá. On March 23, 1941 Independiente Santa Fe started its activities as a club. Originally, it was born in the campus of Gimnasio Moderno. Independiente won its first national championship in 1948, becoming the first team to win the competition. Subsequently, it added the 1958, 1960, 1966, 1971 and 1975 editions. Santa Fe is a sports corporation encouraging and developing athletics, physical education and recreation to professional and amateur athletes. especially football, from children to professional category. Its youth development teams are one of the best in the country. As an athletic corporation its goal is to be the first athletic institution in the country, specializing in the comprehensive training of athletes, high competition, which could contribute to a high percentage in the export of professional football, meeting the expectations of fans and members of the corporation. From their youth teams to the professional team overall participate in competitive local, national and international level.
In 2006, the team won the chance to play the "repechaje" to Libertadores Cup against Defensor Sporting from Uruguay, winning the tie. Santa Fe made the elimination stage (third round), after winning its preliminary round group, losing to Chivas Guadalajara.
It's widely regarded in Colombia that the younger Santa Fe fans "inherited" the fandom from their parents and grandparents, since most of them actually have never seen the team win a championship. Although the wait has lasted more than thirty years, Deportes Quindío (last championship - 1956), and Union Magdalena (1968) have longer streaks; however, Santa Fe has six caps while the former two have only their single titles, and hasn't been demoted to the second division since its foundation. Some put the blame on bad management and lack of commitment. Nevertheless, the team has remained popular, like their rivals Club Deportivo Los Millonarios, because of the loyalty of their fans. Independiente Santa Fe has always been one of the most traditional soccer teams in Colombia.

el campin

Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, then mayor of Bogotá, in 1934 had the idea to build a stadium for the joy of Bogotá's townspeople, taking advantage of the occasion provided by Bogotá's 400th anniversary, and also to host the Bolivarian Games of 1938; up to that moment the only major football ground in the city was "La Merced" ground, a relatively small one. Shortly after, then councilman Luis Camacho offered a land to the city of Bogotá where the new stadium could be constructed.

At the time of the first Colombian Professional Football championship (1948), the stadium's capacity was of 23.500 seated persons. The stadium has been remodelled many times, and although the stadium's maximum capacity was of 62.500 at 1968, the capacity has been decreased along time through many other remodelations.

The first game hosted in this ground was a soccer match between Ecuador and Colombia, in August 10th, 1938, where Colombia was defeated with a score of 2-1. Millonarios has played in "El Campín" as their home ground since 1938, Santa Fe since 1951. El Campín has been used several times to host matches of the Colombian football team, most notably the Copa América 2001 final against Mexico. This stadium is one of the many football grounds that could be affected by FIFA's decision to forbid playing international football in places located above 2500 meters above sea level, but due to requests to change this decision, FIFA has allowed international FIFA games in this stadium.

santafe

The team was founded on 28 February 1941 in Bogotá. On March 23, 1941 Independiente Santa Fe started its activities as a club. Originally, it was born in the campus of Gimnasio Moderno. Independiente won its first national championship in 1948, becoming the first team to win the competition. Subsequently, it added the 1958, 1960, 1966, 1971 and 1975 editions. Santa Fe is a sports corporation encouraging and developing athletics, physical education and recreation to professional and amateur athletes. especially football, from children to professional category. Its youth development teams are one of the best in the country. As an athletic corporation its goal is to be the first athletic institution in the country, specializing in the comprehensive training of athletes, high competition, which could contribute to a high percentage in the export of professional football, meeting the expectations of fans and members of the corporation. From their youth teams to the professional team overall participate in competitive local, national and international level.

In 2006, the team won the chance to play the "repechaje" to Libertadores Cup against Defensor Sporting from Uruguay, winning the tie. Santa Fe made the elimination stage (third round), after winning its preliminary round group, losing to Chivas Guadalajara.

It's widely regarded in Colombia that the younger Santa Fe fans "inherited" the fandom from their parents and grandparents, since most of them actually have never seen the team win a championship. Although the wait has lasted more than thirty years, Deportes Quindío (last championship - 1956), and Union Magdalena (1968) have longer streaks; however, Santa Fe has six caps while the former two have only their single titles, and hasn't been demoted to the second division since its foundation. Some put the blame on bad management and lack of commitment. Nevertheless, the team has remained popular, like their rivals Club Deportivo Los Millonarios, because of the loyalty of their fans. Independiente Santa Fe has always been one of the most traditional soccer teams in Colombia.

millonarios

Throughout its history, Millonarios has had famous players, including: Alfredo di Stéfano,Adolfo Pedernera, Juan Gilberto Funes, "El Búfalo", Willington Ortiz, Arnoldo Iguarán, Daniel "Tito" Onega, Fernando Areán, Carlos Valderrama, Carlos Ángel López, Alfredo Castillo, Sergio Goycochea, Delio "Maravilla" Gamboa, Miguel Angel Converti, Jaime Morón, Amadeo Carrizo, Alejandro Brand, Mario Vanemerak, and Pedro Alberto Vivalda. Carlos "El Pibe" Valderrama was actually expelled from Millonarios as the Coach and Board of Directors thought he was not good enough for football.

The Ballet azul

The most successful period had place during the early 1950s due the notable Argentinean players incoming. Alfredo di Stéfano,Adolfo Pedernera and Nestor Rossi made the legendary team that built the renamed 'Ballet Azul'. These notable player abandoned Millonarios in 1954, some of them returned to their original teams while others that remained continued their careers in Europe, this was the case for Alfredo di Stéfano who transferred to Real Madrid; He is still considered one of the best player of all time [1]

2000s crisis and recovering

During the 2000s, Millonarios has endured a financial crisis in the wake of the death of Rodriguez Gacha who was killed by the Colombian National Police. The club had two of their worst crises in 2 seasons: In 2002 the club had their worst financial situation, to the point that many people feared the possibility of Millos coming to an end. After a decent 2003 performance, chaos reappeared in later 2004 (while playing the Copa Mustang II), when Millos had their worst league campaign, finishing second from bottom. Millos also played in the Copa Sudamericana 2004, where they were knocked out by Atlético Junior in the preliminary phase.

From this point, Millonarios began a slow process to recover their former glory, managing to get again into the cup's group stage in 2006, something they didn't do at the previous tournament. Millos had further improvement when former Manchester City F.C. assistant manager Juan Carlos Osorio was appointed as the new Millonarios' Manager, which led the club to 3rd position in the League Stage of the Mustang Cup, and 5th in the addition of all the year's performance, taking Millos again into the Copa Sudamericana, while the financial situation of the team also had a notable recovery. In July 2007, Osorio left Millonarios to manage Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire, and he was replaced with Martín Lasarte; after a brief, but very unsuccessful period with Lasarte, Millonarios then hired Argentinian Mario Vanemerak as their new manager. Under Vanemerak, Millonarios began to shine again, most notably in the Copa Sudamericana 2007, where they eliminated several powerful teams, most notably Brazilian champions São Paulo FC in the quarter-finals, thanks to two goals from Ricardo Ciciliano. As of October 25, 2007, Millonarios has qualified for the Copa Sudamericana semi-finals, although they had a less impressive performance in the Colombian Copa Mustang II 2007 so far. The club currently is involved in a bankruptucy process that promises to cancel the team's debts and start a new chapter in Colombian football.

http://www.independientesantafe.com/

http://www.millonarios.com.co/

Álvaro Uribe Vélez, born 4 July 1952 in Medellín) is the 39th President of Colombia and is currently serving his second term in office.

Before his current role in politics Uribe was a lawyer. He studied law at the University of Antioquia and completed a post-graduate management program at Harvard University.[1]

Uribe started his politics career in his home department of Antioquia. He has held office in the Medellín Public Enterprises (Empresas Públicas de Medellín) and in the Ministry of Labor and in the Civil Aeronautic. Later he held office as the mayor of Medellín in 1982, then he was Senator between 1986 and 1994 and finally Governor of Antioquia between 1995 and 1997 before he was elected President of Colombia in 2002.

He was awarded the Simón Bolívar Scholarship of the British Council and was nominated Senior Associate Member at the Saint Antony's College in the University of Oxford after completing his term in office as the governor of Antioquia in 1998.[2]

Under his presidency, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have suffered a series of military defeats, the main paramilitary groups have gone through a demobililization process and he has spearheaded several Free Trade Agreements with different countries.[citation needed] On August 30, 2009 Uribe was diagnosed with H1N1 Influenza.[3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Uribe

theater
From September 9 to October 4 the Theatre Colsubsidio will be presenting The Misi's most recent production "Oliver". It is the first time that musical this one will be in scene in Spanish and will be thanks to the labor of the recognized Colombian producer, who obtained the rights to do this version. The income for the show range between 32 thousand and 88 thousand weight.
The spectacle will have sixty actors in scene, between(among) whom thirty children are from seven to twelve years. It is an assembly(montage) with strong scenes that for moments force to the reflection, suspense, humor and realism.
The history is that Henarrates the adventures and misfortunes of a child of good cradle, who is left by his mother in the door of a reformatory of the one that escapes when it expires nine years, to submerge in the low world of London for the year 1850.
Dragged by the circumstances Oliver falls down in the London underworld under the order of Fagin, owner of a pickpockets' school where the orphan learns to

Theater opera
Two classic titles(degrees) of the poetry will be put in scene this year, Byzantine and Julieta and Fígaro's Weddings, inside the frame of the Season of Opera 2009 that will be realized between September and October in the Theatre of Fine arts of Bogota. The income have a cost between(among) 70 thousand and 135 thousand weight.
From September 10 to September 20 the famous history of the lovers of Verona, written by Shakespeare, in which the drama, the romance and the tragedy conjugate will take the scene(stage) to delight the of Bogotá ones with a great putting in scene that mixes action(performance), music and singing
For this first title(degree) the season there will present the début in the Opera of Colombia of the tenor César Gutiérrez, who has been considered to be one of the best Colombian singers of this kind(genre). Recently it(he,she) took part in the first representation of the opera " The Greek passion " of Bohuslav Martinú in the International Summer festival of Bregenz (Austria).
To hisside Brazilian Carmen will be recognized soprano

http://www.bogota-dc.com/eventos/teatro/colsubsidio.html

politics-social-local news

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnUuJNl6gLY =COLOMBIA ES PASION

Politics:

A ruling classes are interested in full control of its strategic backyard.

Bogota, identified as part of large urban areas are characterized by high concentration of population and concentration of the joint and the axes of the economy, politics and the police force - military, that is, a strategic area of the dominant classes.

Still, Uribe's regime does not tolerate that the last two administrations of the capital are held by the PDA and not completely under their control, for which in the context of its counterinsurgency strategy and fascist designs a plan to recover the capital and implement democratic security policy without restrictions.

It is part of that plan to operate two modes are complementary. One, by implementing a counterinsurgency policy deepening military and paramilitary presence from the periphery to the center of power and two, creating a political condition of the power from the center outwards to justify the implementation of the policy of democratic security in the capital. Recent events around the disappearance and death of young people from Ciudad Bolivar to the discussion of security in the capital and the alleged failure of the administration of the PDA to ensure it, are part of two modes of operation.


Social:


Bogota Feed The Master Plan for Food Supply and Food Security in Bogota is a challenge for the city, invites us to learn to work collectively to identify and build networks, make and keep agreements, to assess the information and use technology and physical connectivity and virtual supply to transform and help ensure the collective right to good quality food.
Bogota:
District Information System on Youth - Youth Bogota arises in the framework of the Policy and Intervention Models for Youth.
Directory of social care institutions List with the updated data from the centers of the Secretariat for Social Integration. Master Plan for Social Welfare Equipments
The Master Plan for social welfare teams to define in comprehensive and systemic needs of urban land and the generation of the same for developing to
Donation improve the quality of life, social inclusion, strengthening of capital and social fabric . Decree 316 of 2006. Supply Master Plan and Food Safety
The Plan seeks to link public and private actors to an Integrated System of Food Supply to ensure effective supply to the population, and the marketing of the basic basket of food at a fair price and within reach of all. Decree 315 of 2006

http://www.eltiempo.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5r5UegnZ8g =CUMBRE UNASUR

The Colombian capital spent, in just over five years, skeptical and chaotic city to a metropolis and hopefully emulated by other urban centers, from which its people now feel proud. Bogota will be World Book Capital by UNESCO designation and the Venice Biennale of Architecture described it as the 'smartest city'.


culture bogota

Bogota has been called "The South American Athens", a nickname that was strengthened in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. [45] The city has a wide range of culture that has grown substantially in recent decades. Within this zone, people from around the country who have been contributing to the old cultural traditions typical of the city.

The Exhibition Center of Corferias hosts cultural events such. Here is conducted the International Book Fair of Bogota, Expoartesanías, and Artbo (International Art Fair of Bogotá). Also, in 2008 corferias was important center in the Iberoamerican Theater Festival and Campus Party headquarters. The site also hosts events from another character as the International Fair of Bogotá (industry and trade) that is held during even years.

The Park Festivals are a set of nine events held throughout each year. [46] Among these the best known are: Festival Rock al Parque (receives more than 500,000 attendees over the three days of celebration) and the Festival Salsa al Parque, both conducted in the Parque Metropolitano Simón Bolívar. This park also hosts the opening and the most important activities of the Summer Festival which is celebrated in several parts of the capital during the month of August.

Other notable events include the Festival of chicha, life and happiness (Declared a Cultural Event of Bogota), Carnaval de Bogotá, celebrated the birthday of the city, and the European Film Festival, film shows annually. However one of the most important cultural events of the capital is the Iberoamerican Theater Festival held every two years and is listed as one of the most prestigious in Latin America.

http://www.bogotacapitalmundialdellibro.com/blog/

Concerts

The most importantss copncerts in Bogota for this year are:

Depeche Mode: 10/OCT/09, in the Parque Simon Bolivar

SKA-P: 13/NOV/09, in Palacio De Los Deportes

DragonForce: 13/NOV/09, in Metropol

Skid Row: 21/NOV/09, in Metropol

The Killers: 15/NOV/09, in Parque Jaime Duque

Gothic Metal Fest: 11/NOV/09, in Metropol

Enrique Bunbury: 15/OCT/09

http://www.tuboleta.com/

Tipic Food In Bogota

Bogotá's phone book lists more than 1,000 restaurants, and the best offer first-class service and outstanding Colombian cuisine. The most traditional recipes aim to fill the belly and ward off the cold. Soups, such as ajiaco and puchero (with chicken, pork, beef, potato, yucca, cabbage, corn, and plantain and accompanied by rice and avocado) are common on local menus. Bogotanos like to start the day off with santafereño, a steaming cup of chocolate accompanied by a slab of cheese—you melt the cheese in the chocolate. Lunch is generally served between noon and 2. Restaurants open for dinner around 7, and the more upscale ones stay open until after midnight.

http://www.reservas.net/alojamiento_hoteles/bogota_typicalgastronomy.htm

culture of bogota

Bogota, capital of the book 2007

Virgilio Barco
The Organization of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) granted? To Bogota? the title as World Book Capital 2007 in recognition of its cultural, official sources reported on 22.
The Colombian capital was chosen for having the best program to promote books and reading and shared? The nomination with Argentina, Austria, Holland, Ireland and Portugal.
The international body elected? To Bogota? After analyzing the public and private libraries, the development of the publishing industry, the cultural calendar and the campaign "Libro al viento", which promotes the popular interpretation.
The nomination of the Colombian capital was made by the Ministry of Education, the Colombian Book Chamber, the Casa de Poesy Silva, and the Institute for Culture and Tourism (IDCT) and the capital's library network, among other state cultural agencies and private.
The Mayor of Bogota? Clear? That the appointment is a "symbolic recognition" and not economic.
In 2005, UNESCO's recognition was for Montreal in 2004 Antwerp and in 2003 Move Delhi. (Xinhua)

http://www.mundoandino.com/Colombia/Bogota