· August, 2007

Stories about Colombia from August, 2007

Medellín, Colombia: The Recipe

‘La Receta’ (“The Recipe”) – a video production by the participants of the Rising Voices’ project, HiperBarrio, in Medellín, Colombia. To watch the video with English subtitles click on the...

16 August 2007

Colombia: Next Stage of HiperBarrio

Juliana Rincón of Medea Material [ES] announces the launch of the next stage of the HiperBarrio project, which will begin on Saturday, August 18 in Santo Domingo Savio.

16 August 2007

Colombia: Moncayo's Walk for Hostage Release

Pablo Emilio Moncayo was kidnapped by FARC guerrillas in December of 1997. His father, schoolteacher Gustavo Moncayo, decided to walk with his daughter from his hometown to Bogotá to seek a "humanitarian exchange", or a prisoner swap of around 50 kidnapped individuals, including his son. Moncayo entered Bogotá on Wednesday, August 1, where he later met with President Alvaro Uribe. The events that transpired caused many reactions from Colombian bloggers, many of whom felt empathy for Moncayo's plight and humanity.

9 August 2007

Medellin, Colombia: From Kidnapping Capital to Renaissance City

Medellín Colombia is synonymous with drugs, with Pablo Escobar, Marxist guerilla groups, and violent paramilitarists. But over the past decade it is also becoming well known and well regarded for having one of the most ambitious social experiments in Latin America. In this first part of a two-part podcast we become better acquainted with modern day Medellín.

7 August 2007

Colombia: Art, Poetry and Flower Festivals in Medellín

Colombian bloggers recently wrote about the end of the MDE07 Art Festival, an event which attempted to bring contemporary art back into local conversations and back into the lives of the citizens. They also discussed the recent International Poetry festival and the upcoming Fair of the Flowers.

7 August 2007

Colombia: Mask Making and New Media

Juliana Rincón Parra unveils the work of Taller Santo Domingo [ES], which was a workshop in the city of Medellín where students made masks and incorporated the use of new...

6 August 2007