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Has Medellín Sold Its Soul For Tourism Dollars?

Photo of colorful street art in Medellín, Colombia, with a local woman looking on
Street art in Medellín, Colombia Reiseuhu

Tourism has become big business in Medellín, Colombia, but it also be fueled the city’s worst sociocultural traits and encouraging drugs and abusive sex work. With new laws and bans being put in place, is change afoot in “the City of Eternal Spring”?

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Naked And At Peace, Public Art As Cure For Troubled Colombia

Preparing for the Spencer Tunick nude event in Bogota
Preparing for the Spencer Tunick nude event in Bogota fredysjesus via Instagram

Some 6,000 people gathered in Bogota for artist Spencer Tunik’s latest outdoor photo shoot. The clothes-free event was a stunning splash of hope for a country torn for so long.

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Society

When A Transsexual Runs For Mayor In Small-Town Colombia

Alondra Metaute in front of the Sopetran town hall
Alondra Metaute in front of the Sopetran town hall Gobernacion de Antioquia screenshot

Meet Alondra Metaute, a 38-year-old woman who wants to shake up a sleepy Colombian town.

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