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Medellin

Tourists stroll down a street that is packed with bars and restaurants, in Medellin's Provenza neighborhood.
Community
Medellín was one of the world’s most dangerous cities. Now, it’s trying to grapple with an influx of tourists.
Group of people at night sitting on motorized wheelchairs
Business, Economics and Jobs
Wheelchair tours show Colombia’s Medellín from a different perspective
Veronica Gomez, who was traveling with her partner and her son, receives backpacks from a humanitarian worker on Oct 1. The backpacks included energy bars, toiletries and ski masks, for the cold weather.
Migration
Amid pandemic, Venezuelans hit the road again in search of work
A man wearing a face mask carries a mattress at a makeshift camp
COVID-19
Options dwindle for Venezuelan migrants across Latin America during the pandemic
An aerial view shows Colombian airline Avianca's planes parked at El Dorado International Airport amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bogota, Colombia, April 7, 2020.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Colombian airlines face controversy over loans to survive pandemic crisis
Colombian singer Juanes, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Medellín
Music
Colombian rock star Juanes just wants to keep it positive right now
Puerto Candelaria
Music
If you set magical realism to music, it might sound like this
Wetlands and woods are saturated with oil, north of Lake Pontchartrain, after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005.
Environment
How crises can strengthen cities that make the right choices
John Jairo Velásquez — commonly known as "Popeye" — gives his testimony against fellow Colombian drug cartel members in 2006.
Justice
The release of ‘Popeye,’ a trusted assassin for Pablo Escobar, enrages many Colombians
Colombian newspapers and magazines from December 1993 on the death of druglord Pablo Escobar. Yolanda Perdomo saved them from that time.
Business, Economics and Jobs
In the land of Capone, Colombian immigrants struggle to imagine kingpin Pablo Escobar as a tourist draw
Global Politics
Amidst Colombian violence, arts forge an alternative path
Business, Economics and Jobs
Medellín’s Makeover
Arts, Culture & Media
200 Arrested in Raid on Latin American Wood Mafia
Global Politics
Medellín’s Outdoor Escalator Part of Plan to Remake City
Arts, Culture & Media
Art & Music as Alternatives to Violence in Medellín, Colombia
Conflict & Justice
Dutch Woman who Joined FARC to Participate in Peace Talks
Conflict & Justice
‘Cocaine Godmother’ Griselda Blanco Killed in Colombia
Global Politics
In The Footsteps Of A Drug Lord