Teaching English is a way for just about any native speaker who wants to hang out here for a while to make enough money to get by. Of course, to work legally you need a visa 
and for that you need to be sponsored by an employer. There are English schools and language schools that will do this for you, but there are just as many who will hire you without going through the formal process. Wall Street Institute and Passport Language Centers hire people who think they will be here for a while, and I know a lot of Bogotanos who study with the British Council, though I’ve never met any of their teachers.
But working as an independent contractor is probably just as easy and more profitable. I have heard of the language institutes paying something like $20,000 pesos per hour (this is about $8-9 USD), which is fine for making a little cash on the side if you’re just passing through and living pretty cheaply. But you can make that, or double that, pretty easily if you know what you’re doing and want to work on your own. I have made $60,000 pesos per hour because I didn’t really want to tutor, and would name that price in hopes of discouraging someone, only to have some people jump right on it.
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