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TOP COLOMBIA TIPS MEDELLÍN, LA CIUDAD DE LA ETERNA PRIMAVERA: Por Néstor Meléndez Soler Medellín se ha convertido en una de las principales ciudades para el turismo en Colombia . Su espléndido clima (promedio 22° Celsius), la modernidad de la ciudad, la hermosura de sus mujeres, su deliciosa gastronomía, los lindos paisajes y la amabilidad de su gente, la convierten en un destino imperdible . Y es que Medellín ha debido superar momentos difíciles en el imaginario de los turistas de todo el mundo. Hace unos pocos años la ciudad de la eterna primavera, como también es conocida, era el epicentro de las noticias mundiales a causa de un siniestro personaje quien le hizo mucho daño a la imagen de la ciudad . Ahora, Medellín trata de olvidar su historia negativa y se centra en recuperar el protagonismo que por siempre tuvo en el desarrollo y el progreso de Colombia. Y es que si hay algo que destacar cuando uno visita Medellín es que los paisas, gentilicio con q...

This is the history of one man that gave it all for the African slaves that came to Cartagena.   Peter Claver called “The Slave of Slaves”, lived at Cartagena de Indias, in the first half of the 17 th century. African descendants from all around the world give eternal tribute to this saint that lived to his motive of serving human beings, motored by God. Cartagena de Indias was from the 1500s till late 1800s the preeminent slave Spanish port in the Caribbean and where the biggest human slave trade happened. There were only 2 ports authorized by the kingdom of Spain to receive Portuguese slave ships sailing from Africa. Those were Veracruz, in the territory of The Nueva España, or how we know it today, Mexico and Cartagena de Indias in the Nueva Granada, today Colombia.   The number one “legal” slave port market was Cartagena by far. More than double of the blacks that were slaved and imported “legally” by Spain to America, set foot for the f...

FANTASTIC CARTAGENA The essential old city and walls tour Chapter # 1 By: Néstor Meléndez Soler For Top Colombia Tips This article is now available as a mobile app. Go to GPS TOUR to download the app for GPS-assisted travel directions to the attractions featured in this article. https://www.gpsmycity.com/gps-tour-guides/cartagena-5045.html W elcome to Cartagena de Indias, the biggest prize in the Caribbean Sea for pirates ; it was here, in the times of the colony (1533-1819) where most of the gold, silver, emeralds and agricultural produce like potatoes, corn, tobacco or sugar, were gathered and sent to Spain 2 times a year in a huge fleet of ships. Cartagena de Indias was founded (1533 AC) in this specific location by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Heredia, because it had natural defenses to stop attackers by sea and also by land. The initial settlement was made on the terrains of a tribe called Kalamari from the Karib family . It is on the shores o...