Medellin, in northwest Colombia, is a mountain-ringed city of ... and in the evenings its downtown streets are deserted. But the red-light zones on Medellin’s outskirts are lively with lights ...

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 ...

Medellín’s annual pride parade takes place at the end of June and has recently been competing with Bogotá for being Colombia’s largest pride festival. There were almost 90,000 people at ...

Beautiful young people enjoyed spice-rimmed cocktails and bowls of fragrant sancocho, the chicken-soup-for-the-soul of Colombia. Chef David Suárez joined me at my table after I’d had two guava ...

Markus Böhnisch in Medellin, Colombia 04/16/2025 April 16, 2025 The Colombian city of Medellin was notorious for Pablo Escobar's drug cartel and violent crime.