General News

Medellin Improves Rankings among ‘Best Cities to Do Business’

Medellin Herald September 15, 2015

Two new studies show that Medellin continues to move-up in regional rankings of Latin American cities that are described as especially good for doing business.Two new studies show that Medellin continues to move-up in regional rankings of Latin American cities that are described as especially

Health & Insurance.

Medicine in Medellin: Experts Prescribe National Health System Cures (Part Three)

Medellin Herald September 15, 2015

While medical tourism is a growing business for metro Medellin thanks to a reputation for high quality and competitive prices, the national public health system is mired in a financial crisis (see Medicine in Medellin: The National Health Care System, Part Two). However, while the financial problems are widespread across hospitals, clinics, government funding sources […]

Congresses & Conferences

Medellin to Host 15,000 Delegates for FISE Electric Power Conference

Medellin Herald September 11, 2015

The upcoming Feria Internacional del Sector Eléctrico (FISE) conference November 25-27 at Plaza Mayor convention center in Medellin will host some 15,000 national and international delegates and some 300 exhibitors, one-quarter of which are international companies. This sixth version of FISE – which first started in 2006 – is unique among Colombia’s power- industry

Expats Corner

My Favorite Places around Medellin, Part Two: La Vuelta al Oriente

Medellin Herald September 11, 2015

Over the course of traveling around Medellin, Antioquia, and elsewhere in Colombia — off-and-on over a span of nearly 35 years, the last 13 as a permanent resident — I’ve chalked-up a list favorite places that also might appeal to similarly nature-oriented, “foodie-oriented” and curio-oriented tourists and expats. As I live just east of Medellin […]

Volunteering

Worthy Cause in Antioquia: Fundacion Diocesana Compartir Uraba

Medellin Herald September 11, 2015

While Medellin has seen a huge reduction in the amount of gang violence that plagued the city during the Medellin Cartel era of more than 20 years ago, drug-trafficking and gang violence still continues to claim victims in Colombia and elsewhere — with the mostly rural Uraba region of northern Antioquia presenting an especially acute […]

General News

World Tourism Organization General Assembly Brings 158 Countries to Medellin

Medellin Herald September 11, 2015

The 21st general assembly of the World Tourism Organization (WTO) September 12-17 brings roughly 1,000 conferees representing some 158 countries to Medellin.  According to ProColombia – a government business-development agency – the WTO event is likely to spur even more tourism to Colombia generally and Medellin specifically. Such tourism to Colombia has grown by

Health & Insurance.

Medicine in Medellin: The National Health Care System (Part Two)

Medellin Herald September 11, 2015

Medical tourism is a growing business for metro Medellin thanks to an international reputation for high quality, high technology, friendly service and  competitive prices. But in contrast to this encouraging news for medical tourists – those mainly in the upper-end private sectors — most of the recent news stories about medical care in Medellin specifically […]

Ecotourism

4th Annual Medellin Bird Festival: October 11-16, 2017

Medellin Herald September 9, 2015

 Medellin-based Sociedad Antioqueña de Ornitología (SAO) announced July 28 that it will host its fourth annual Medellin Bird Festival on October 11-16, 2017, featuring guided birding walks around the city, expert lectures by Colombian and international ornithology researchers and birding excursions to world-famous sites such as Jardin (Antioquia) and Manizales

Expats Corner

My Favorite Places in and Around Medellin: Part One

Medellin Herald September 8, 2015

While I’ve been living in metro Medellin full-time for the past 13 years, I’ve been traveling here off-and-on for more than 30 years, mainly to visit family – especially during the year-end holidays. Over that time, I’ve gradually built up a list of favorite places in and around Medellin as well as in the surrounding […]

General News

ProColombia Unveils New Export Strategy; Medellin, Antioquia Leading

Medellin Herald September 8, 2015

ProColombia – the government export and investment promotion agency – announced September 2 the launch of a new business information service in order to boost Colombia’s exports of goods other than petroleum and minerals. The plunge in oil prices and the rise in the value of the U.S. dollar against the Colombian peso has taken […]