After lunch at the jungle resort Mamá Yeya Raíces, the women of the family passed warm cups of Viche (vee-chay). The drink provided relief and comfort after a cold, wet day in the remote village of ...

As she walks through the city of Quibdó on the banks of the Atrato River in northwestern Colombia, María Victoria Palacios, a 36-year-old Afro-Colombian trans woman, receives greetings, smiles and ...

The Costa Rica travel group taking a cooking class together. Kim Haas discovered her lifelong passion for travel at just six years old. During her first trip outside the U.S. to Acapulco, Mexico, a ...

Along Colombia’s Pacific coast, women belonging to the Afro-Colombian community who harvest piangüa mollusks have united in efforts to conserve these small, black-shelled clams. For generations, ...

Click to open image viewer. A painter, printmaker, and sculptor, as well as a photographer and one of Colombia’s most celebrated contemporary artists, Ana Mercedes Hoyos focused much of her work on ...

Today, as I stand at the helm of our family-owned media company, I carry forward a legacy built by remarkable Black women—women whose work transformed journalism and uplifted our community. My journey ...

Kim Haas discovered her lifelong passion for travel at just six years old. During her first trip outside the U.S. to Acapulco, Mexico, a stranger approached her and her grandmother in the hotel lobby ...