20th of January Festival returns to the Sucre capital
Sincelejo once again is hosting its yearly “20th of January Festival,” otherwise known as the “Festival of the Sweet Name Jesus.”
Sincelejo once again is hosting its yearly “20th of January Festival,” otherwise known as the “Festival of the Sweet Name Jesus.”
Sincelejo, a town in northern Colombia where the tradition of “Corralejas” popular bull fighting started in 1845, announced Monday that there will be no bull fights during its annual festival…
Inside the walls of a medieval-style wooden stadium, the people of the Caribbean coast city Sincelejo have gathered to participate in one of Colombia’s most extraordinary festivals, the “corraleja de…
A singer of the popular caribbean Champeta genre died Sunday, weeks after being the victim of an assassination attempt in the north of Colombia. The 30-year old John Hairo Sayas,…
The popular bullfight Corralejas de Sincelejo is set to begin Friday despite floods having devastated the northern Colombian region, reported newspaper El Universal Wednesday. The Committee for Disaster Prevention met…
The Week of Truth, a three day event dedicated to remembering paramilitary violence in the northern Colombian departments Sucre and Bolivar, will start on July 21 in Sincelejo, a town…
Spokespeople for communities displaced from their homes on Colombia’s Caribbean coast say that the return of these people to their homes is too slow, due to a lack of government…
Thieves in the northern Colombian city of Sincelejo made off with a valuable, if somewhat weighty, load on Wednesday when they stole over $7,000 in coins, reported website El Universal.…