Colombia is lagging behind its South American neighbors with only 0.3% of the population vaccinated, even as the country sees the second-highest number of infections on the continent. (Bloomberg) — Colombia has already paid a steep price in the pandemic with more than 61,000 deaths from Covid-19. Now the country faces another cost: about US$850 […]
QCOLOMBIA – If you send a bouquet of roses for Valentine’s Day, chances are they were grown in Colombia. It remains the No. 1 supplier of flowers to the U.S. even though the coronavirus pandemic at one point threatened to wilt the industry. “It’s been a roller coaster,” said José Restrepo, co-owner and general manager […]
CALI, Colombia—Pablo Escobar once said that cocaine trafficking “might be illegal at the moment but in the long run, in the future, it will tend to be legalized.” The future predicted by the self-styled King of Coke might now be here. An explosive piece of legislation has been introduced into the Colombian Senate that would make Escobar’s words prophetic, […]
Serah LouisMon, October 19, 2020, 11:43 AM CST Countries where you can retire on just $100,000 Living out your golden years near beautiful beaches in warm sunshine doesn’t have to devour all your savings. In fact, you can retire to some countries with well under $100,000 in the bank. We’ve looked at a wide range […]
Twenty-five years ago, Time magazine dubbed Colombia’s Medellin “the most dangerous city on earth”. Drug lords lived like princes, judges and policeman were regularly assassinated, paramilitaries invaded neighbourhoods and ordinary people disappeared overnight without trace. Even 10 years ago, Medellin was a “bad-ass town”. Violence reigned, civil society had been destroyed and no one seemed to […]
Twenty-five years ago, Time magazine dubbed Colombia’s Medellin “the most dangerous city on Earth”. Drug lords lived like princes, judges and policeman were regularly assassinated, paramilitaries invaded neighbourhoods and ordinary people disappeared overnight without trace. Even 10 years ago, Medellin was a “bad-ass town”. Violence reigned, civil society had been destroyed and no one seemed to know […]
The title of this article is from a Colombian series filmed in the city of Medellín. So what does a series like this have to do with living in Medellín? First, for those who have never visited the city and are thinking of relocating or retiring there, the series has many good views of the […]