“En casa del herrero, azadón de palo.” In the blacksmith’s house, a wooden hoe. This popular saying in Colombia (which mirrors sayings elsewhere like “the shoemaker’s child always goes barefoot”) ...

There was a time when Paisas, people from northwest Colombia, had a reputation for conservative palates; outsiders assumed they ate only beans, rice, and meat. But locals in Medellín, the area’s ...

Medellín is a city that’s changing. When I was born in the early 1990s, drug lord Pablo Escobar had just died, but I know how my parents lived before that. Parts of the city were off-limits — you ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) — The lush valley ...

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Early on in Matthew Heineman’s documentary on Colombian superstar J Balvin, The Boy From Medellin, you get the sense that filmmaker and singer alike had a specific kind of film in mind. Opening with a ...