The Carnaval de Barranquilla was designated a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2003. Renowned for its balmy weather and UNESCO World Heritage-listed colonial walled district, the Colombian city ...

Barranquilla, Colombia, is gearing up for its most vibrant cultural event of the year: Carnaval de Barranquilla 2025. This year's festivities hold special significance as the city pays tribute to one ...

Barranquilla is gearing up for its 2025 Carnaval, Colombia’s most celebrated cultural event, with a special tribute to GRAMMY®, and Latin GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Shakira, one of its renowned ...

Barranquilla is about to get a new cultural reference to make all its citizens proud! The legendary Shakira will soon have a statue in her honor, placed in a strategic location chosen by the people ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When Barranquilla mayor Jaime Pumarejo filed a lawsuit against Colombia’s federal government last year, it was ...

Not so many years ago, Colombia’s status as a Nearshore destination was on rocky ground. Despite its population – now around 50 million – the country’s bilingual talent was sorely lacking, Nearshore ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Barranquilla Carnival, an annual cultural spectacle, is poised to unveil its vibrant pageantry from January 20th to February ...

There is a place in Colombia, hugged by both a fruitful river and the charismatic movement of the Caribbean Sea. A city of immigrants, dreamers, and workers that centuries ago decided that for four ...

The superstar wowed her hometown with nearly 50,000 fans at Estadio Metropolitano, marking her first local show in nearly two decades. By Laura Gómez Zamora Contributor Barranquilla experienced a ...

On Colombia’s Caribbean coast flamboyantly customised ‘picos’ blast out vintage vinyl as part of a highly competitive sound system culture In Barranquilla, the indigenous and African cultures have ...