La Alta Guajira combina paisajes desérticos y cultura wayuú, ofreciendo turismo sostenible y comunitario. Su difícil acceso resalta la belleza natural, tradiciones ancestrales y desafíos de infraestructura departamental. Es un destino para disfrutar playas baldías y panoramas surreales.
Colombia has passed a landmark law banning child marriage, making it illegal for anyone under 18 to wed, even with parental consent. The new legislation closes a 137-year-old legal loophole and aligns Colombia with other Latin American countries committed to protecting children’s rights.
At the tip of Colombia’s department of La Guajira is the small town of Nazareth and at the heart of Wayúu culture. The girls boarding school is one of its most important landmarks.
Bogotá’s Teatro Mayor and Ópera de Colombia are staging Donizetti’s famous “Elisir D’Amore” with stage direction by the acclaimed film director Sergio Cabrera.
Seven Bogotá localities return to quarantine as capital nears peak of pandemic. Johns Hopkins warns of COVID-19 impact on Wayúu of La Guajira.
The Wayúu epic, Birds of Passage (Pajaros de Verano) has been selected as Colombia’s official entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 2019 Oscars.
In her directorial debut with Birds of Passage, Cristina Gallego chronicles the birth of the marijuana trade in La Guajira and the role of women among the Wayúu.
The Oscar nominated team of Embrace of the Serpent take on matriarchs, marimba and La Guajira’s bewitching beauty in a new feature film.
Water scarcity is nothing new in this dry peninsula, but extra-arid conditions and corruption have combined to create a humanitarian crisis in La Guajira.
Wayúu leader Javier Rojas explains how corruption and open-pit mining exacerbate a critical water shortage in Colombia’s La Guajira department.