
October 7, 2026
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Editorials
The Travel Broker of El Hueco: A Story of Trade Between Antioquia and China
In the 1990s, merchants in Medellín’s El Hueco district swapped Miami for China as their source of goods. Travel broker Aracely Rojas recounts how Chinese support networks and visa facilitation opened the route to Guangzhou and Yiwu for Colombian traders.

