Medellin... We never thought we would ever arrive here, especially in our own van, in this city so infamous just two decades ago. In the 90s and early 2000s, this city of four million inhabitants was considered one of the most dangerous places in the world, a battlefield for various guerrilla groups, paramilitary forces and drug traffickers. But many things have changed for the better... In February 2013, the Urban Land Institute chose Medellín as the most innovative city in the world due to its progress in politics, education and social development. This city is absolutely fascinating, an amalgam of modernity and historical relics, a young and dynamic city that is reinventing itself, a city still bearing the traumas and stigmata of the massive violence of twenty years ago.Læs mere
Florin PaunWe wanted to visit this house museum but two things stopped me: 1) at the entrance an employee of the "private museum" that now belongs to his nephew started telling us how interesting this location is where "Mister Escobar" used to hide money and blah, blah... I asked her if Escobar was a good man. She says it's hard to give an opinion, but he did a lot of good things. Here I couldn't keep quiet and interrupted her by telling her that historically, thousands of people were killed on his orders... So he was a ferocious criminal. 2) The entrance fee of 30 USD/pers., wow, the nephew makes good money off his criminal uncle. Pass!
Florin PaunDespite the atrocities committed, Pablo Escobar remains a controversial figure. When asking several people, from different social classes, what they think about Escobar, the answers are varied...
Florin PaunGraffiti is one of the four pillars (along with rap, DJing and breakdancing) of Hip Hop culture. This graffiti is perhaps the most important in this neighborhood, a tribute to the locals who fell during "Operation Orion". In October 2002, President Álvaro Uribe ordered the army to carry out "Operation Orion", which took place in Comuna 13 and aimed to dismantle the urban militias. Unfortunately, the intervention of the armed forces and paramilitary forces that confronted the urban militias resulted in the deaths of a large number (certainly hundreds, the exact number is unknown) of civilians. Between 2003 and 2006, the demobilization of the remaining urban militias was completed, with over 3,000 former combatants laying down their arms.
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Florin Paun
We wanted to visit this house museum but two things stopped me: 1) at the entrance an employee of the "private museum" that now belongs to his nephew started telling us how interesting this location is where "Mister Escobar" used to hide money and blah, blah... I asked her if Escobar was a good man. She says it's hard to give an opinion, but he did a lot of good things. Here I couldn't keep quiet and interrupted her by telling her that historically, thousands of people were killed on his orders... So he was a ferocious criminal. 2) The entrance fee of 30 USD/pers., wow, the nephew makes good money off his criminal uncle. Pass!
Florin Paun
Despite the atrocities committed, Pablo Escobar remains a controversial figure. When asking several people, from different social classes, what they think about Escobar, the answers are varied...
Florin Paun
Graffiti is one of the four pillars (along with rap, DJing and breakdancing) of Hip Hop culture. This graffiti is perhaps the most important in this neighborhood, a tribute to the locals who fell during "Operation Orion". In October 2002, President Álvaro Uribe ordered the army to carry out "Operation Orion", which took place in Comuna 13 and aimed to dismantle the urban militias. Unfortunately, the intervention of the armed forces and paramilitary forces that confronted the urban militias resulted in the deaths of a large number (certainly hundreds, the exact number is unknown) of civilians. Between 2003 and 2006, the demobilization of the remaining urban militias was completed, with over 3,000 former combatants laying down their arms.