The road to Navidad is always so pretty here.

There are three "phases" in Medellín:

Sept 1 - the end of Feria de las flores in August brings the first Xmas decorations into stores.

Then sometime in late October or early November the lights start going up. :)

Next up, fireworks on Nov 30, leading up to Dec 1. Then all of December is filled with events - Día de las velitas, novena, the local April Fools on Dec 28 - until Día de los reyes in January.

Still 100% atheist, but what a culture! 💛

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Here's the other side: in the same paper, there are updates on Petro's attempts at "total peace" - a complex and hardwon thing, when negotiating with many groups at once.

ELN has announced that it's not going to stop kidnapping civilians because that's an income stream 🙃, while Clan del Golfo is diversifying its portfolio: exploiting immigrants trying to reach the US, in the absence of robust drug returns.

Colombia celebrates hard because Colombia also holds in tension how hard life always is.

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