It is probably fair to say that few places on the planet have ever undergone a transformation as comprehensive as Medellin’s Comuna 13. Even fewer can claim to have done…
Parts of Colombia’s second largest urban center, Medellin, have taken to the most rural activity possible, agriculture, in an attempt to recognize the memories of war while restoring the social fabric necessary for…
A new walking tour has opened in the Comuna 13, formerly Medellin’s “most dangerous neighborhood.”
A troubled neighborhood in Colombia’s second biggest city of Medellin is set to hold their 4th annual film festival, aiming to tell stories that give more nuance – and hope-…
Unknown armed men have massacred a family of four in the troubled western slums of Colombia’s second largest city Medellin.
Medellin’s Comuna 13 — one of the urban districts most affected by Colombia’s ongoing conflict — is far from trying to bury its violent history. Instead, residents are determined to…
Unidentified armed men on Sunday ordered at least 30 families in western Medellin to leave their homes within 48 hours, local media reported.
Eight people were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the murder and dismembering of two 11-year-old children in Medellin’s Comuna 13 in February. In a combined effort from the national…
Even by the standards of Comuna 13, one of Medellin’s most embattled districts, the violence seen in the past week has been shocking. On February 16, two 11-year-old boys were…