Colombia: More Than a Rising Star — The North Star Project Reports, sponsored by The Middle Ground Journal. By Ana María Camelo Vega

Colombia: More Than a Rising Star — The North Star Project Reports, sponsored by The Middle Ground Journal. By Ana María Camelo Vega

After traveling by plane for more than 14 hours, including layovers, I ended up in Duluth, Minnesota. From the tropical weather to an eight-month winter, I changed my sneakers to snow boots. Coming from a very diverse big city, I landed in a not-so-diverse small city up in the north of the world. Being miles away from the place I call home has opened my eyes and heart to Colombia’s reality on a national and international level. Sure, it is easy for everyone to call his or her home country the best place in the world, but it is not easy to show the entire world why. If it is true that, as any other country, Colombia has lots of flaws, then it is also true that…