Juanes to work for peace in Medellin
Colombian pop star Juanes will be a spokesman for peace in Medellin, which is suffering a wave of violence due to gangs battling for control of the city. In a…
Colombian pop star Juanes will be a spokesman for peace in Medellin, which is suffering a wave of violence due to gangs battling for control of the city. In a…
Medellin‘s Jose Maria Cordoba international airport has had an extreme make over and now boasts a much broader range of cafes, shops, as well as a new duty free zone.…
The city of Medellin has undergone dramatic changes over the past decade. What used to be the world’s most dangerous city became an example of successful urban regeneration, only to…
Almost 1,000 police reinforcements arrived Wednesday in the central Colombian city of Medellin, which has been plagued by violence and gang warfare over recent months. General Orlando Paez, the national police’s…
Colombia’s only gay film festival Ciclo Rosa kicks off in Medellin for the tenth time on September 3. For ten days, and in six different cities around the country, movies…
Medellin gangs, thought be be responsible for more than 1,430 murders so far in 2010, make $10 million profits a year, according to a report by intelligence agency DAS. According…
Following a Security Council meeting held Tuesday about the security situation in Medellin, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced that the government will formulate new measures to address the gang warfare…
In the last week Colombian police have arrested 103 people who are believed to belong to various drug trafficking organizations around Colombia. Of those arrested people, 67 are thought to…
The United States will help Colombia to combat soaring homicide rates in the country’s biggest cities, a U.S. embassy official told Spanish press agency Efe. According to Narcotics Affairs Director…