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The Korean-American Asian film producer, Roy Lee, visited Medellín invited by the Contento Pictures‘ film entrepreneur Alejandro Arango. Other prominent Hollywood figures like Bill Choi, Stuart Manashill and Sebastián Aloi were in the excursion to the Andean city to know places for future productions, according to the Antioquia’s government that supports the Arango’s initiative.
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Technically the positive transformation of Medellín is over and we are back to former violence by a real and bloody gang war. Sadly we have to recognize it and we must not under any circumstances ignore that the city is currently under a threat of permanent terrorism. Looking to the map of confrontation among gang criminals, the white areas are constricted to La Candelaria (downtown), El Estadio and El Poblado. The municipality reports 1,057 killings in 2010 and 2,395 persons who were displaced from their barrios due to terrorist attacks from gangsters, especially in the most marginalized areas.
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The 23rd edition of the International Fair of the Book of Bogotá was inaugurated by president Juan Manuel Santos. The event is dedicated this year to the 200th anniversary of the independence of Colombia from Spain.
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Yesterday, August 11, was a very busy day in Barrio Juan XXIII, in the 13th Commune, west of Medellín. Two criminal gangs, La Agonía and La Divisa, staged one of the most violent battles of the year in the poorest quarters of the city. Fighting for territory, La Agonía, lit. ´The Agony,´ invaded the territory of La Divisa (The Motto) with about 50 men that entered the barrio in the first hours of the day and they shot anybody who would face them.
Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, was the main tourist destiny in 2009, according to reports of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism published by AmericaEconomía. 690 thousand foreign visitors were registered that year in one of the highest level capitals of the world.
Photo ´Chapinero´ by Tequendamia
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More than 50,000 national and foreign visitors came to Medellín in March during the 9th version of the South American Games that took place in the Colombian Paisa Region. The event became a good test for the famous recovery of the city and its capacity to be the scenario of international activities.
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Japan improved its advisory over visits to Colombia, according to the official site Colombia is passion! Six Colombian states were scored number One by the Japanese government. It means that they are considered safe to visit by Japanese tourists: Atlántico, Cundinamarca, Santander, Sucre, Boyacá, Bolívar and Risaralda.
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Tourism to Colombia grew 10 percent during the first semester of the year, while in the world it fall 8 percent, according to Cotelco, the Colombian Association of Hotels. The statement was done by Jaime Alberto Cabal, president of the hotels’ association and published by Dinero Magazine. More than 60 thousand foreign visitors have entered the Colombian territory during the first six months of 2009, much more than last year at the same period.
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One way to measure the economy of a nation is tourism. Of course, not coming tourism, but the tourism that the country produces outside. If its citizens go around the world very often, no like migrants, but to see the world, take many pictures and return home, then it means that economy is going well there. Chile is one of those countries to prove it. Before the global recession, Chileans organized their summers in Europe, Caribbean Islands and United States. However, the crisis did not affected the will of the Chileans to see other countries. Just they changed their destinations for cheaper ones and Colombia became one of those places.
Wilter Sánchez, a 33 years old Colombian living in New Jersey, was victim of a violent attack last Wednesday. He was walking with his cousin Fernando Quincha toward a restaurant, when a car approached to them. The car stopped and five men came out. Fearing an attack, bot began to run, but Sánchez slipped on the snow. The five men kicked him in the face while shouting “Hispano” and insults.
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