The Pan American Disaster

Génesis - 6.245089406215624, -75.58691407298689 I met Génesis at a salsa class in Medellín. At first, I thought we were just going to talk about dancing. But the conversation moved all over the place: salsa, body confidence, cheek-kiss culture shock, Venezuela, Colombia, migration, food shortages, paperwork, and what it actually means to feel at home somewhere. That is what I like about these conv...

Tato - 3.377339401830368, -76.58366327292 We talked about Colombia’s national strike — how protests that started over economic reforms turned into something much bigger. In 2021, nationwide demonstrations lasted for weeks. Roads were blocked. Cities shut down. More than 80 people were reported killed during clashes between protesters and security forces. Police stations were attacked and burned in...

Diego - 6°13'55.4"N 75°09'57.2"W I sat down in Colombia with a guy who grew up in Venezuela. We talked about what the country was like when he was younger… and what it feels like now. Not headlines. Not politics from the outside. Just lived experience. Today, over 7 million Venezuelans have left the country , making it one of the largest migration crises in the world — but statis...

#3 - Susana & isabela  2.4400154924753026, -76.60595552874707 we met at an English exchange. I was one of the only non-Spanish speakers there, so we ended up talking. At some point she mentioned she was a lawyer. Then she casually added that part of her work involved going into jungle regions where armed guerrilla groups had taken control of towns — and using the legal system to challenge them...

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Miguel - 3.436926335850707, -76.54436521695541