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Escape the Poblado tourist trap and let the real Medellin enchant you

Colombia’s second largest city Medellin is big, diverse and fun. Yet many tourists end up in what is arguably the worst part of town, Poblado, home to the provincial upper crust. Meanwhile, the coolest parts of the city in the center and the peripheries of the city are often forgotten or unfairly...
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Colombia’s war crimes tribunal to hear kidnapping victims behind closed doors

Colombia’s war crimes tribunal on Tuesday began hearing victims of kidnapping by demobilized FARC guerrillas behind closed doors after the victims expressed fear of repercussions. Case #001 of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) received thousands of case files from the prosecution of people who were kidnapped by the former guerrillas, many of whom...
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Tatacoa desert: One of Colombia’s most magical places, especially at night

The Tatacoa desert in central Colombia was virtually off-limits for tourists for decades because of the armed conflict. It is safe to visit now, and well worth the trip, especially for stargazers. Tatacoa, also called “The Valley of Sorrows,” is the country’s second-largest arid region after La Guajira, Colombia’s most northern...
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ niece kidnapped in northern Colombia

The kidnappers of the niece of late Colombian author and Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez want $5 million for her release, authorities said Wednesday. General Fernando Murillo, the director of anti-kidnapping unit GAULA, told press that Melissa Martinez was kidnapped in early September and has been missing since. We are investigating...
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Which loose-lipped diplomat leaked Colombia’s alleged plot to topple Maduro?

Colombia’s foreign minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo wants the top diplomat who suggested a military intervention to Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo to resign. He just doesn’t know who it is. During a press conference in Bogota, Trujillo rejected the claims that Colombia would be willing to overthrow the neighboring government...
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Colombian football player, Germán Aceros, Died at 80

Germán Aceros Buenos was born on September 30, 1938, and died on October 29, 2018. He was a Colombian footballer. Germán Aceros competed for the Colombian national football team at the 1962 FIFA World Cup which was held in Chile. He played football as a right and left winger, central...
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Science in Colombia on the cusp of change

Susana Fiorentino wants to unlock the secrets of Colombian folk medicine. The immunologist, who directs the Immunology and Cellular Biology group at the Pontifical Xavierian University in Bogotá, Colombia’s capital of 7 million people, is working with extracts from South America’s anamú (Petiveria alliacea) and divi-divi plants, which she thinks...
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Another Colombian Social Leader Murdered, 173rd Killed This Year

Jose Domingo Ulcue Collazos was on his motorcycle when he was shot. An indigenous teacher, Jose Domingo Ulcue Collazo was killed Monday night in the town of Santander de Quilichao in the department of Cauca, Colombia. His death makes him the 173rd social leader killed in Latin America in 2018....
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US, Israel, Colombia Reveal Maduro Accomplice Is Connected to Hezbollah

Investigations from the United States, Israel and Colombia have linked, through several financial transactions, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s alleged accomplice Alex Saab to Hezbollah. Saab is seen as a beneficiary under the Venezuelan state program called the Local Supply and Production Committees, which administers basic foods to citizens at a...
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