Palmira

“It was their culture, their history, their ancestry, and it was ripped away from them in the worst way,” said Miguel Ibarra, a doctoral researcher of Afro-Latino history in the nearby city of Palmira.

Taipei's embassy in the leafy Palmira neighborhood was for years one of the Central American capital's most prominent foreign outposts, as well as the country's second-biggest embassy after the U.S. embassy.

Last week, researchers and officials dedicated a $17 million gene bank facility in Palmira, Colombia, with a high metal canopy intended to evoke a forest.

This week, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture and Bioversity International dedicated a $17 million facility, Future Seeds, in Palmira, Colombia, with a new genomics lab and 30% more storage than its predecessor there.

Mr. Cruz, a Rockville resident, was born in Palmira, Argentina.