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The mayor of Medellín, the second-largest city in Colombia, announced Monday a temporary ban on prostitution in two of its neighborhoods, days after an American tourist was discovered in a hotel ...
Medellín (/ ˌ m ɛ d ə ˈ l iː n / MED-ə-LEEN / ˌ m ɛ d eɪ ˈ (j) iː n / MED-ay-(Y)EEN; Spanish: [meðeˈʝin] or [meðeˈʎin]), officially the Special District of Science, Technology and Innovation of Medellín (Spanish: Distrito Especial de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of ...
The culture of violence in Colombia had created a feeling of fear and resignation among the population; the violence had led to child prostitution and child gangs which added to the worsening situation of violence. Colombia also is a destination for foreign child sex tourists, particularly coastal cities such as Cartagena and Barranquilla. [9]
Plaza Cisneros (Spanish: Plaza de Cisneros), also known as Luces Park or Lights Park (Spanish: Parque de las Luces), is a plaza in Medellín, Colombia. It is named after the Cuban engineer Francisco Javier Cisneros, who led the construction of the Antioquia Railway. It has an artificial forest of 300 light poles, which are up to 24 meters high.
The Park of Bolívar (Parque de Bolívar) or Bolívar Park (Parque Bolívar), as it is popularly known, is an urban park in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia.The park was inaugurated in 1892 and named in honor of the liberator Simón Bolívar.
The Downtown Eastside is the sex trades final destination of city displacement over several years. In 2003, a large number of sex workers went missing and/or were murdered. Many of these were tied to serial killer Robert Pickton, and were the largest contributor to the missing and murdered indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) cases over the years ...
El Poblado is the 14th commune in the metropolitan area of the city of Medellín, Colombia.According to a 2005 census the population was 94,704, distributed among its land area of 23 km 2, and by the year 2015, it had a population of 128,839.
Barefoot Park (Spanish: Parque de los Pies Descalzos) is a zen-inspired public park in Medellín, Colombia. [2] The park was funded by EPM and designed by architect Felipe Uribe de Bedout. [3] The park includes a green area with gardens and bamboo, a sand area, and an area with water fountains. [1] As suggested by its name, the park is playful ...