The point of a tradition is that it's been around a while. It's part of a cultural identity. But sometimes, digging around in a tradition's history reveals tangled roots, as Alice Fordham found in the ...

Unidad Deportiva Alberto Galindo, a sports complex in Cali, Colombia, is home to what is affectionately called "El Petronio." For the last 27 years, hundreds of thousands of people have traveled to ...

This week we're going to step away from Alt.Latino World Headquarters and head down to Cali, Colombia. Actually I'm going stay put and let contributor Maria Paz Gutierrez take us back to her hometown ...

CALI, Colombia (Billboard) - On the roofless patio of a tiny house in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Cali, Colombia, a small miracle takes place every afternoon between 2 p.m. and 5:40 p.m. More ...

Though it’s not quite as bustling as cosmopolitan Bogota or as picturesque as Medellin, Colombia’s third-largest city is the country’s economic and industrial hub. Larry Luxner One thing about Cali I ...

CALI IS FAMOUS for its salsa. Although the style of Latin music originated in Cuba and was super-charged in New York, this city in south-west Colombia has marketed itself as the salsa capital of the ...

In western Colombia, the Petronio Alvarez festival is the big event of the summer — five days of music and food and fashion. More than 100,000 people travel from all over the world to the city of Cali ...

Elena Hinestrosa and her ensemble, Integración Pacífica, perform at one of Petronio Alvarez Music Festival's educational panels. (Maria Paz Gutierrez) In western Colombia, the Petronio Alvarez ...