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Escobarian danger zone or safe, developed country?

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April 29th 2016
Telling my old-school, overly-patriotic, republican, German family who've lived in the same city for generations that I was moving to Colombia did NOT go smoothly. Here's a direct quotation from my very sweet grandmother whom I love dearly right after I told her: " You're going to take one step out of that airport and get kidnapped and raped and we'll never see you again!" That lovely chat is what ... read more

South America » Colombia » Barranquilla

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Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part... ... read more