CARTAGENA, Colombia — Amid all the historical information going back several centuries, the tour guide kept referring to the past six years. It was unusual, given the fact that recent history doesn't normally compare to ancient times, especially in a 475-year-old city.

But at La Popa, a hilltop convent overlooking all of Cartagena, guide Jose Hernandez kept insisting that without the recent changes in Colombia, the historical treasures of this ancient city would have remained vir ...

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