Undiscovered Colombia

Tom Heap introduces Rare Earth, a programme exploring major stories about our environment. 

Steve Backshall lives in a new build house which is very energy efficient and almost totally off-grid. However, achieving this has been extremely time consuming, expensive and pretty stressful. For this episode of Costing the Earth, Steve explores why -- when the cost of heating ...  Show more

RFI s’associe au consortium international d’enquête « Forbidden Stories » pour reprendre le travail de Rafael Moreno, journaliste colombien, tué le 16 octobre 2022, dans des circonstances encore non élucidées. L’un des sujets sur lesquels il enquêtait : l’impact de la grande indu ...  Show more

En juin 1708, un navire espagnol, le San José, est coulé par des navires britanniques, au large de la ville de Carthagène des Indes, en Colombie. Si l'épave, récemment découverte, suscite la convoitise de plusieurs pays, c'est qu'elle est d'une exceptionnelle richesse.

María Clara Calle grew up hearing about the atrocities committed by the FARC rebels in Colombia. She never imagined that one day she would not only meet them, but eat and sleep among them, deep in their territory, as they thought about their role in the future of peace in their c ...  Show more

Pablo Escobar had a private zoo at his estate in Colombia, with zebras, giraffes, flamingoes - and four hippopotamuses. After Escobar was killed in 1993, most of the animals were relocated except for the so-called "cocaine hippos." Authorities thought they would die but they did ...  Show more