President Juan Manuel Santos assured Sunday that the Colombian government has prohibited mining in 47 coffee growing municipalities following the recommendations of UNESCO that considers the coffee region a World…
Colombia’s coffee-growing countryside is among one of 42 candidates to be considered for inclusion on UNESCO’s World Heritage list for its cultural value, according to the United Nations body’s…
Colombia will take part Wednesday in a simulated tsunami alert, along with 32 other Caribbean countries, in order to test the capabilities of the region’s coastal nations in withstanding any…
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…
Colombia’s Wayuu indigenous group will be officially added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list on November 15 in Nairobi, Kenya, El Informador reports. The Wayuu are being recognized by UNESCO,…
UNESCO is considering adding the Marimba music of Colombia’s southern Pacific coast and the legal system of the Wayuu indigenous people to its Intangible Cultural Heritage List.. The marimba, originally an…
A man from the eastern Colombian city of Barrancabermeja is now officially recognized by UNESCO as a cultural heritage of humanity for his whistling talent. Barranca resident Alvaro Muñoz Chavez…
A new report by UNESCO, the UN’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, highlights threats to journalists in Colombia, noting that four reporters were killed in the country in the last…
Just one week remains until the start of one of Colombia’s biggest cultural events – the Carnival of Barranquilla is set to take the city by storm at the beginning…