The Colombian Navy and local fishermen heroically rescued a trapped humpback whale off the Pacific coast after a three-hour battle with a fishing net.
In the heart of Cali, a dance workshop led by Jaguar, a local Yanakuna tribesman, defies urban challenges, uniting diverse communities in a vibrant celebration of forgotten roots and ancestral traditions.
UNESCO approved the designation of 10 new biospheres reserves in nine countries, including Colombia’s sixth contribution to the world network, known as the Tribugá-Cupica-Baudó Biosphere Reserve in the Chocó.
A giant sea elephant that traveled from the Antarctic waters to the Colombian Pacific, was poached by hunters and killed by firearms, confirmed authorities.
Cut off from most of Colombia by miles of impenetrable forest, tides and tusnamis Tumaco is an isolated Pacific “pearl.”
Thousands of women in Pacific communities works the swamps looking for the mollusk delicacy known as piangua.
Former intelligence officer Arturo York runs Rincón de York, a Chocó-style restaurant serving fish with poetic flair.
For kids in Tumaco, football is often seen as one of the only ways out of the impoverished fishing town.
Baudillo Cuama, a performer and producer of marimbas, explains the instrument’s significance to Afro and Pacific culture.
Mini-mal restaurant serves up the Pacific, and chef Martinez is committed to the communities of this bio-diverse region.