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Storms and heavy rains to impact Colombia until December
Heavy rains across the department of Antioquia are causing mudslides and mobility gridlock with road closures. In Bogotá, tropical storms expected until December.
A trail of despair in the Darien Gap
Some 16,000 Haitians are stranded in towns along Colombia’s Urabá coast. The humanitarian crisis is spilling into one of the world’s most dense rainforests, the Darien Gap.
Colombia’s FAC transports COVID-19 patients from Medellín in air ICUs
The Colombia Air Force has adapted military transport aircraft to airlift critically ill COVID-19 patients between the country’s second largest city Medellín and Bogotá
Human rights abuses in Colombia denounced in State Department’s 2020 report
Colombia’s extra-judicial killings and child recruitment are some of the abuses profiled in the most recent country report by the U.S State Department.
Heavy rains in Colombia highest on record for March
March has recorded the highest rainfall on record for Colombia with mudslides affecting the departments of Antioquia and Valle del Cauca.
First Colombia vaccine shipment a “moment for history”
The first shipment of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine arrived in Colombia to a government reception and launch of the nationwide vaccination program.
Colombia’s Hass Avocados reach record exports in 2020
Exports of Colombian Hass reached 58,000 tons in 2020 and surpassed other producing nations in supplying Europe.
Medellín and Antioquia placed under Halloween weekend curfew
At the epicenter of the second wave of coronavirus infection in Colombia, Medellín and 125 towns in the department of Antioquia will face a strict curfew for Halloween.
Colombia coronavirus cases top 1 Million as Antioquia becomes epicenter of pandemic
Colombia ranks with Brazil as the only South American nations have surpassed 1 million cases of COVID-19 during a week in which Antioquia became the new epicenter of the pandemic.
Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe handed prisoner ID #1087985
The former two-term President Álvaro Uribe Vélez posted a picture of himself after being handed by prison authorities his inmate number.
Colombian biologists discover new genus of reptiles adding to trove of biodiversity
Biologists from the University of Antioquia have discovered a new genus of reptiles endemic to the lowlands of the Magdalena River valley.
Colombia faces most difficult month of pandemic as epicenter shifts to Medellín
After months in which Bogotá has been at the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, new cases of infection in Medellín have surpassed those of the Colombian capital.
Colombian farmers secure food for quarantined households as COVID-19 cases reach 4149
Colombia’s campesinos are on the frontline of the country’s coronavirus health emergency by securing food for the quarantined households, especially the most vulnerable.
Medellín’s Comuna 13: Transforming the past with paint
Medelli?n’s Comuna 13 is promoted to foreigners as one of the city’s curious attractions given its resident grafiteros and community-led tours. But how safe is “safe”?
Interview with sculptor Hugo Zapata: The soul of the stone
As a key figure in Colombian contemporary art, Zapata spoke with The City Paper about a life dedicated to the hidden manifestations of the earth and uncompromising relationship with stone.