By CINDIA ARANGO LÓPEZ Leer en español EL PEÑOL AND GUATAPÉ are two towns in the mountains of the central Colombian Andes, in the Eastern Antioquia region. In the early 1960s, their inhabitants never thought they would have to migrate through the water with their belongings and stories on … [Read more...] about A Town amid the Waters: The Building of a Hydroelectric Dam in Eastern Antioquia, Colombia
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A Matter of Perspective: Violence, Victims, and the Quest for Dignity in Memory
BY RICARDO CASTRO AGUDELO COUNT TO FOUR. One number per second. One . . . Two . . . Three . . . Fo . . . Nearly four seconds. That’s how long it took for the Monaco building to collapse amidst a slow-rising cloud of gray dust on February 22, 2019, in Medellín, Colombia. The Monaco, an … [Read more...] about A Matter of Perspective: Violence, Victims, and the Quest for Dignity in Memory