Colombia Facebook community rights wrongs of stingy politician, makes girl smile
A Colombian Facebook community went off the internet and sent its administrator on an epic journey to deliver a computer to a young girl who had been given an almost antique machine in a failed PR...
View ArticleMedellin project aims to curb sex tourism, telling visitors to ‘buy other...
A Medellin project aims to turn public opinion against what they see as a concerning indifference to sex tourists who increasingly visit Colombia’s second largest city. The project, pushed by local NGO...
View ArticleA beacon for Medellin’s homeless addicts from the abyss of crack
Medellin’s homeless population tends to be very hidden unless you are downtown, walking along the Medellin river, or in one of the city’s two homeless attention centers. Maria Pilar Messino is the...
View ArticleELN releases video of armed guerrillas patrolling Medellin
Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, has released a video in which heavily armed guerrillas are seen patrolling neighborhoods in the periphery of Medellin. PROFILE: ELN The video shows 10...
View ArticleAuthorities deny ELN presence around Medellin in spite of video showing exact...
Local authorities said Wednesday that the ELN rebel group is not active in Medellin’s metropolitan area, in spite of a video clearly showing ELN guerrillas patrolling the city’s periphery. PROFILE: ELN...
View ArticleColombia police thwart plot to kill mayor with .38 walking cane
Medellin’s Metropolitan Police have arrested 21 members of a local gang accused of wanting to assassinate the mayor of the town of Itagui using a converted cane able to shoot .38 bullets. The novelty...
View ArticleThe Channel 4 effect: Medellin police close child sex exploitation venues
Following pressure over ongoing sexual exploitation of children in the city, Medellin’s mayor announced on Wednesday that a police crackdown has saved 16 children from sexual exploitation. The children...
View ArticleSnowmen in the tropics; Medellin turns white after torrential hail storm
Colombia’s second largest city Medellin stopped being the “city of eternal spring” for an hour on Wednesday after a torrential hail storm covered parts of the city in ice, while causing dozens of...
View ArticleA preview of Medellin’s 2014 Christmas lights
Colombia’s second largest city, Medellin, is expecting to have the biggest explosion of lights in the 50 years existence of the city’s extravagant Christmas tradition. Christmas has put Medellin on the...
View ArticleTop Medellin crime lord walks free after judge finds no arrest warrant
One of the alleged leaders of Medellin crime syndicate Oficina de Envigado was arrested by the authorities on Sunday, only to be released a couple of hours later after it turned out there was no arrest...
View ArticleAbortion awareness campaign generates controversy in Medellin
Colombia Reports An abortion awareness campaign by a local sexual health association on generated controversy in Medellin this week after pro-life activists have claimed the campaign is promoting...
View ArticleMedellin uses mosquitoes to fight dengue fever
Colombia Reports Mosquitoes treated with a special bacteria have been released into Medellin to stop the spread of dengue fever, local media reported Thursday. The release of mosquitoes is part of a...
View ArticleCali beat Medellin to win Colombia soccer league
Colombia Reports Deportivo Cali beat Independiente Medellin to win Colombia’s soccer league on Sunday after defeating their opponents with 2-1 in two legs. The team from Cali had already won the first...
View Article1st released paramilitary commander assassinated in Medellin
Colombia Reports A former mid-level commander of the paramilitary AUC has been assassinated in Medellin, reportedly three weeks after his release from prison where he spent eight years after admitting...
View Article3 killed in Cali celebrations after winning Colombia soccer league
Colombia Reports Three people were killed and more than 70 were injured during celebrations of Deportivo Cali’s victory in Colombia’s soccer league final. In Medellin, 65 were injured in riots....
View ArticleCycling in Medellin: A new phenomenon
Colombia Reports A public bicycle sharing system has found great success in Medellin, Colombia’s second largest city. However, a lack of space to cycle safely is keeping the city from becoming a true...
View ArticleChild killed in Medellin as Colombia celebrates Copa America victory over Brazil
Colombia Reports A 12-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet that had been fired in Medellin during the celebration of Colombia’s goal against Brazil that delivered the country its first victory...
View ArticleMedellin Police are city’s crime syndicate’s ‘biggest ally': Capo
Colombia Reports The biggest ally of Medellin crime syndicate “Oficina de Envigado” is the city’s own police department, a commander of the group told television network Caracol. The Oficina, founded...
View ArticleMedellin finally to exhume bodies from what could be Colombia’s biggest mass...
Colombia Reports Colombian authorities are set to begin exhuming bodies from what could be the country’s biggest mass grave that has been looming over western Medellin for more than a decade. The...
View ArticleStreet robberies in Medellin up 300% since mayor took office
Colombia Reports While Medellin Mayor Anibal Gaviria has been praising the city’s dropping homicide rate, street robberies in Colombia’s second largest city have gone up more than 300% since the...
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