Editorial

Welcome to Medellin Herald

Medellin Herald August 10, 2015

If you’re coming to Medellin (and the surrounding Antioquia department) for business, for a conference, for investment, for events, for family-and-friends visits, for ecotourism, for studying, for medical procedures, for real estate — and for living here full- or part-time —

Letters to Editor

Welcome to Medellin Herald

Medellin Herald August 10, 2015

If you’re coming to Medellin (and the surrounding Antioquia department) for business, for a conference, for investment, for events, for family-and-friends visits, for ecotourism, for studying, for medical procedures, for real estate — and for living here full- or part-time — then Medellin Herald can help you focus on what’s

Volunteering

Volunteering SAO

Medellin Herald August 1, 2015

Do you have time available and want to contribute to a green cause that benefits birds, nature and society? ¡This is your chance! Do you have time available and want to contribute to a green cause that benefits birds, nature and society? ¡This is your chance! “Heroes of Birds” Volunteer Program launched since 2014 by […]

Tourism

Medellin Foreign Visitor Count Jumps 26% Year-on-Year; Events, Congresses Growing

Medellin Herald February 12, 2015

A new report from Colombian government promotion agency Procolombia reveals that foreign tourist arrivals to Medellin from January through September 2015 jumped 26% year-on-year, totaling 187,959 visitors. The USA continues to be the number-one source of visitors to Colombia, totaling 319,518 from January through September 2015, up 15% year-on-year, according to

General News

Antioquia’s ‘Pacifico 1’ Highway Reaches Financial Close; Construction Starts

Medellin Herald June 10, 2010

The Corficolombiana-Iridium “Covipacifico” consortium announced June 9 that they’ve reached financial close on the crucial “Pacifico 1” divided-highway project linking Medellin’s southern suburbs (Ancon Sur) to the Cauca River at Bolombolo – and connecting to new “fourth generation” (4G) highways all the way to the Pacific port of Buenaventura. The long-awaited financial

Companies

EPM 9-Months 2018 Net Profits Rise 12% Despite Hidroituango Problems

Medellin Herald November 1, 0218

Medellin-based multinational power and utilities giant EPM announced October 31 that its nine-months 2018 net profits rose 12% year-on-year, to COP$1.7 trillion (US$528 million), while earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) also rose 12%, to COP$3.9 trillion (US$1.2 billion). So far this year, EPM has spent COP$251 billion (US$78 million)