Medellín, Colombia, has struggled to shed its notoriety, well earned in the days of Pablo Escobar and the Medellín drug cartel, as "the most dangerous city in the world." But in fact the city has ...

The Colombian city of Medellín is usually associated with drug lord Pablo Escobar, cocaine, armed groups and the mafia. Although it is still battling various social problems, a number of public ...

Medellin’s UVA Orfelinato (rendering above) won this year’s Holcim Foundation Gold Award for sustainable construction. (Credit: Colectivo 720) This is your first of three free stories this month.

Medellin, long infamous for being one of the world’s most dangerous cities, might have become too safe to be featured on next year’s list of the world’s most dangerous urban centers. According to the ...

Medellin is a place that, for many, will always be associated with Pablo Escobar – the late drug lord who unleashed a murderous wave of violence and turned the Colombian city into one of the world’s ...

Colombia’s second city Medellin has beaten Tel Aviv and New York Friday, to be named City of the Year, in a competition sponsored by the Wall Street Journal and Citigroup. By analyzing 200 of the most ...

The municipality of Medellin has been placed under a state of calamity on Wednesday, Oct. 1, following a magnitude 6.9 ...

Medellin was praised for its civic spaces and rich culture in the competition sponsored by the Wall Street Journal newspaper and banking group Citi. Medellin, in Colombia, has been named the world's ...