Rebuilding Community in Medellin, Colombia’s Violent Slums: The Hillside Screams, Resists, and Builds

By: Upside down world

A huge amphitheater bordered by mountains. Below, in the depths of the valley crossed by the Medellin River, buildings signal the city center, highways full of cars, and as your gaze ascends the slopes, thousands of huddled houses hanging from cliffs, ravines, and gorges. Waves of migrants have tamed the hillsides, making them into a kind of vertical city.

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