Colombia News » Magdalena News Colombia » Magdalena: Four hippos imported to Colombia in 1981 have multiplied to a number that reveals how fast the world’s largest invasive animal can take over a river no one was watching
Along the Magdalena River in Colombia, something enormous has been happening in plain sight. A population of animals has been spreading through wetlands and tributaries for decades, growing faster ...
News Colombia » Magdalena: La JEP acredita al río Magdalena como víctima y sujeto de derechos por el conflicto armado
La Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP) acreditó este viernes al río Magdalena, el principal de Colombia, como víctima y sujeto de derechos en el contexto del conflicto armado por las afectaciones ...
News Colombia » Magdalena: AmaWaterways Launches First-Ever Luxury River Cruise Ship on Colombia’s Magdalena River
“Our expansion into Colombia represents a new chapter for AmaWaterways and for the world of river cruising,” said Rudi Schreiner, co-founder and CEO of AmaWaterways. “We are proud to be the first ...
News Colombia » Magdalena: AmaWaterways makes history with its Colombia river cruises
After seven years of working to bring river cruising to Colombia, AmaWaterways launched the first overnight river cruises on the Magdalena River in more than 50 years. The 60-passenger AmaMagdalena ...
News Colombia » Magdalena: Colombia’s El Paujil Reserve expands in dying Magdalena Valley
If you liked this story, share it with other people. The U.S.-based Rainforest Trust and its Colombian partner, Fundación ProAves, bought 477 hectares (1,178 acres) of land around El Paujil Nature ...
News Colombia » Magdalena: Rights of Nature Defender Wins Goldman Prize for Protecting Colombia’s Magdalena River From Fracking
As a child growing up along the banks of Colombia’s Magdalena River, Yuvelis Morales Blanco learned to read the water. “Dark spots on the river meant that we were not going to eat,” she recalled. One ...
News Colombia » Magdalena: AmaWaterways To Launch First River Cruise On Magdalena River In Colombia
AmaWaterways just announced an innovative partnership with a South American tour operator that will—for the first time—bring luxury river cruising to Colombia’s Magdalena River (Río Magdalena, in ...
News Colombia » Magdalena: AmaWaterways debuts second ship on Colombia's Magdalena River
AmaWaterways introduced its second ship on the Magdalena River in Colombia. The AmaMelodia began cruising Oct. 26. The river cruise line said the AmaMelodia's debut reinforces its commitment to ...
News Colombia » Magdalena: Colombians are divided over the fate of hippos linked to Pablo Escobar
PUERTO TRIUNFO, Colombia — Along the Magdalena River, one of Colombia’s primary arteries, fishermen move with wary precision. From the silty, tea-colored current, hippopotamuses can surface without ...
News Colombia » Magdalena: Colombia's Magdalena River project dredges up economic promise
BARRANCABERMEJA, Colombia (Reuters) - The hulking backhoe dredges up rocks and silt from the shallows of the muddy Magdalena River in the first laborious step to transform the waterway into an engine ...