Medellin /tags/medellin Medellin en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Tue, 28 Oct 2025 20:19:12 GMT Why Colombian soldiers are fighting and dying in Ukraine /americas/2025-10-28/ukraine-russia-war-colombia-soldiers An estimated 2,000 Colombian mercenaries serve on Ukraine's front lines, defending against Russia's aggression. They face death or serious injury on the conflict's brutal battlefields, for pay that could change their lives on the return home. It's also a chance to "defend freedom" and be on the side of the "good guys," they tell SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä±. Tue, 28 Oct 2025 20:19:12 GMT /americas/2025-10-28/ukraine-russia-war-colombia-soldiers Natalie Leticia Gallón 'Always Serving': Colombian Family Says Goodbye To Community-Minded Brother Missing In Surfside /news/2021-06-27/always-serving-colombian-family-says-goodbye-to-community-minded-brother-missing-in-surfside Relatives of those missing in the Surfside condo collapse visited the site Sunday — and many mourned, including the family of Colombian Luis Fernando Barth Sun, 27 Jun 2021 23:51:23 GMT /news/2021-06-27/always-serving-colombian-family-says-goodbye-to-community-minded-brother-missing-in-surfside Tim Padgett Rage And Reggaetón In Colombia: J Balvin Documentary Ponders An Artist's Duty /news/2021-06-22/rage-and-reggaeton-in-colombia-j-balvin-documentary-ponders-an-artists-duty In "The Boy From Medellín," superstar J Balvin must find his social voice as Colombian street protests erupt before the biggest show of his life — in his hometown. Tue, 22 Jun 2021 10:00:58 GMT /news/2021-06-22/rage-and-reggaeton-in-colombia-j-balvin-documentary-ponders-an-artists-duty Tim Padgett Cocaine Comeback: New Book Warns Drug Is More Plentiful – And Destructive – Than Ever /show/latin-america-report/2020-05-26/cocaine-comeback-new-book-warns-drug-is-more-plentiful-and-destructive-than-ever This interview was originally published May 26, 2020In South Florida we tend to think of the golden age of cocaine (if it can be called that) as the 1980s… Tue, 26 May 2020 10:00:00 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2020-05-26/cocaine-comeback-new-book-warns-drug-is-more-plentiful-and-destructive-than-ever Tim Padgett Medellín's Narco Tours: Legitimate History Or Offensive Glorification Of Monsters? /show/latin-america-report/2018-06-04/medellins-narco-tours-legitimate-history-or-offensive-glorification-of-monsters Medellín is one of the century's most impressive comeback stories. Colombia's second largest city was once synonymous with the late cocaine kingpin Pablo… Mon, 04 Jun 2018 23:37:10 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2018-06-04/medellins-narco-tours-legitimate-history-or-offensive-glorification-of-monsters Tim Padgett Reporter Explores Colombia's 'Offensive' Narco Tourism Industry /show/sundial/2018-05-30/reporter-explores-colombias-offensive-narco-tourism-industry The city of Medellin, Colombia has changed dramatically over the past few decades. But the city's past as the home to one history's most violent drug… Wed, 30 May 2018 22:48:16 GMT /show/sundial/2018-05-30/reporter-explores-colombias-offensive-narco-tourism-industry