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.

The Good. For 361 days of the year, nothing much happens in Barranquilla, an unremarkable port city situated at the mouth of Colombia’s principal river, the Magdalena.

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 ...

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.

Barranquilla, the capital of the Atlántico department in northwest Colombia, is featured in this image taken by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Barranquilla, visible in grey at the top of the ...

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.