The Latest Breaking News from Medellin

Griselda Blanco, dubbed the Cocaine Godmother, was the queenpin among kingpins in the Colombian Medellin drug cartel of the 70s and 80s. She was a trailblazer for women entrepreneurs the world over

Once hailed as the most dangerous place in the most dangerous country in South America, the community has completely turned this reputation on its head and is now a vibrant, artistic and welcoming place for visitors and its residents

Benzinga traveled to Medellin, Colombia to attend Cosmoverse 2022. The event curated the brightest minds in the Cosmos ecosystem––from developers putting carbon credits on-chain, to industry leaders in interchain security. Among the speakers at the conference was Ethan Buchman, CEO of Informal Systems and co-founder of Cosmos.

When Colombia’s new leftist president, Gustavo Petro, unveiled a plan to impose a wealth tax on the rich just hours after being sworn in, the alarm bells rang only so loudly in the fashionable neighborhoods of Bogota and Medellin.

Colombian authorities say a mudslide has smashed into a rural elementary school in the mountains south of Medellin, killing three young children after heavy rains washed over Colombia’s north and west

MEDELLíN, Colombia: Three decades after cartel boss Pablo Escobar was shot dead by police on a rooftop in Medellin, the very city he had sought to uplift with drug money is being ravaged by it.

Canacol Energy Ltd (TSX:CNE) (OTC:CNNEF) provided information on its April 2022 natural gas sales, near-term drilling plans, and Medellin gas pipeline project. The company's realized contractual natural gas sales were ~179 million standard cubic feet per day (MMscfpd) for April 2022. Canacol Energy completed the drilling of the Chirimia 1 sidetrack well, which…

The authorities said they arrested "21 people during the process of 15 raids in different parts of the country".

For decades, Colombia has borne the burden of America’s foreign drug policy. The public imagination has long been associated with the legacy of narco-trafficking violence perpetrated by Pablo Escobar, the Medellin cartel, and the Cali Cartel.