Giant statue honoring Shakira unveiled in her Colombian home city 00:52. A 21-foot tall bronze statue of Shakira was unveiled in her home city of Barranquilla, Colombia, this week.

Shakira, 46, who now lives mostly in Miami, was born in Barranquilla, a port city of 1.2 million people and long the home of many Colombian-Lebanese families like hers.

A fuel tank exploded into flames in Colombia's Caribbean city of Barranquilla early on Wednesday, killing a firefighter who fell during the explosion, local authorities said.

Every year, scores of people flock to Barranquilla, Colombia, to see one of the world’s largest carnivals. Barranquilla’s carnival is more than 100 years old and also one of the biggest ...

BARRANQUILLA, COLOMBIA — As soon as you walk out of the air-conditioned Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport in Barranquilla, the city’s sweltering heat provides an especially warm welcome.

Flood waters swept away cars and buses in a busy street in the city of Barranquilla, Colombia. Passengers climbed on the roofs of their vehicles in order to escape the torrents of water, but there ...