Young people from Comuna 13 receive training in social and creative entrepreneurship
Between January and February 2020, ten young people linked to the Lluvia de Orión and La Parlacha groups received an intensive social and creative entrepreneurship training course called CASE, with the support of In Place of War and the University of Manchester.
Two siblings, one light of hope
Valeria and Juan José Montoya Restrepo are two siblings aged 17 and 16. Their childhood was marked by shortcomings and at one time their parents were microtrafficients of drugs. However, they do not want to repeat the same steps and, refugees in cultural and educational processes, day after day they try to make their dreams come true in the streets of the Comuna 13.
En los barrios populares de Medellín, grupos criminales imponen sus...
En Medellín el turismo es un negocio en rápido crecimiento, pero las autoridades públicas no alcanzan a regularlo. Aunque la ciudad recibe elogios por su «innovación» y «resiliencia», los actores criminales siguen gobernando, especialmente en los barrios marginados donde los artistas y comerciantes deben pagar extorsión.