Posted by Linda Azodi | Nov 16, 2010 | Medellin
There’s not much to see in San Antonio de Pereira, a town about an hours drive away from Medellin, but there is a lot to taste – it is a heaven for those who love Colombia’s traditional sweets, or...
Read MorePosted by Linda Azodi | Nov 16, 2010 | Culture
The Marimba music of Colombia’s southern Pacific coast and the legal system of the Wayuu indigenous people on Tuesday were added to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List. The decision was made in Nairobi, Kenya,...
Read MorePosted by Linda Azodi | Nov 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Fifteen teenagers from one of Medellin’s poorest neighborhoods, Comuna 8, give an insight into their daily life through “Constructing social change through photography,” an exhibition of photos in the Public Piloto...
Read MorePosted by Linda Azodi | Nov 15, 2010 | Coffee region
The Cocora Valley, high in the Andes and surrounded by mountain peaks, was named a wildlife sanctuary in 1985 by then-President Belisario Betancur, to prevent exploitation of the wax palm, Colombia’s national tree. The...
Read MorePosted by Linda Azodi | Nov 12, 2010 | News
Colombia’s Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin states the Supreme Court will decide whether to extradite suspected drug trafficker Walid Makled to Venezuela, and that the neighboring country requested the extradition...
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