This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 2 November 2006 Dozens of ...

I knew this adventure with Kim Haas wasn’t ordinary the moment we climbed onto a motorcycle-powered wooden train cart in Córdoba, bound for the remote village of San Cipriano. Home to just 600 people ...

After lunch at the jungle resort Mamá Yeya Raíces, the women of the family passed warm cups of Viche (vee-chay). The drink provided relief and comfort after a cold, wet day in the remote village of ...

It's Spy Wednesday, almost 6 a.m. At the shipyard port in Buenaventura, the major port city in Colombia's Pacific region, the last wooden boats are about to depart for the Afro-Colombian communities ...

Colombia’s Caribbean coast, specifically Cartagena, is a destination beloved by Black travelers. Cartagena has one of the highest concentrations of Afro-Colombians, where an estimated 60% percent say ...

Centuries ago, escaped slaves built isolated forts in the jungles that surround Cartagena, once Colombia's main port for incoming slaves. Today, the Afro-Colombian inhabitants of San Basilio de ...

In the town of Juntas, in the city of Buenaventura, Colombia, the community gathers for Holy Week every year to celebrate the Manacillos festival,... It's Spy Wednesday, almost 6 a.m. At the shipyard ...