Infrastructure

Colombiamoda / Colombiatex Trade Show Breaks Records, Textile / Clothing on Rebound

Medellin Herald August 4, 2022

Medellin-based textile/clothing trade group Inexmoda announced July 29 that the annual Colombiamoda/Colombiatex trade show here attracted an all-time-record of nearly 50,000 attendees, while latest statistics show that Colombian clothing sales are up 9% so far in first half (1H) 2022 versus 1H

Companies

ISA 2Q 2022 Net Income Rises 14% Year-on-Year

Medellin Herald August 2, 2022

Medellin-based multinational electric-power transmission, highways concessionaire and telecom provider ISA announced August 1 that its second quarter (2Q) 2022 net income rose 14.4% year-on-year, to COP$670 billion (US$155.7 million). Operating income rose 10% year-on-year, to COP$1.9 trillion (US$441.7 million), while earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and

Companies

Nutresa 2Q 2022 Net Profit Jumps 53% Year-on-Year

Medellin Herald July 31, 2022

Medellin-based multinational foods giant Grupo Nutresa announced July 29 that its second quarter (2Q) 2022 net profit rose 53% year-on-year, to COP$214 billion (US$50 million). Revenues also rose 36% year-on-year, to COP$4 trillion (US$935 million), according to the company. So far this year, first-half (1H) net income is up 38%, at COP$515 billion (US$120 million), […]

Companies

EPM First Half 2022 Net Income rose 10% Year-on-Year

Medellin Herald July 31, 2022

Medellin-based multinational utilities giant EPM announced July 29 that its first half (1H) net income rose 10% year-on-year, to COP$2.1 trillion (US$491 million), versus COP$1.9 trillion (US$483 million) in 1H 2021, even while the net margin actually dipped two percentage points. Revenues rose 28% year-on-year, to COP$15 trillion (US$3.5 billion), versus COP$11.7 trillion

Companies

Grupo Exito 2Q 2022 Net Income Rises 22.7% Year-on-Year

Medellin Herald July 28, 2022

Medellin-based multinational supermarket and dry-goods retailer Grupo Exito announced July 27 that its second quarter (2Q) 2022 net income rose 22.7% year-on-year, to COP$62.2 billion (US$14.2 million). Operating income likewise rose 27.6%, to COP$4.7 trillion (US$1.07 billion), while recurring earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) rose

Companies

Cemex LatAm Reports Zero Profit for 2Q 2022

Medellin Herald July 28, 2022

Colombia-based Cemex LatAm announced July 28 that its second-quarter (2Q) 2022 operations produced zero profits, down from a modest US$16,000 net profit in 2Q 2021. Consolidated net sales rose 11% year-on-year on a comparable basis for the ongoing operations once including foreign exchange fluctuations, according to the company. “Higher cement prices and ready-mix volumes

Companies

Antioquia’s Biggest Gold Miner Becomes ‘Aris Gold’ in All-Stock Deal

Medellin Herald July 25, 2022

Toronto-based GCM Mining (formerly Gran Colombia Gold) – Antioquia’s biggest gold miner — announced July 25 that it has just completed a 100% all-stock merger deal and as a result will now be renamed Aris Gold, with headquarters moved to Vancouver, British Columbia. The GCM/Aris combination boasts of combined gold reserves of 3.8 million ounces […]

Economy & Finance

President Duque Highlights Huge Growth Opportunities in Creative-Industries Sectors at Medellin Business Forum

Medellin Herald July 22, 2022

In contrast to some wildly unsustainable economic schemes proposed by incoming Colombia President Gustavo Petro – like giving dead-end government jobs to 3 million unemployed people — outgoing President Ivan Duque on July 21 here in Medellin outlined huge potential for sustainable jobs growth and wealth creation in the creative-industries sectors, also known as the

Editorial

Outgoing President Duque: Decency, Moderation, Democracy Crucial to Continue Colombia’s Progress

Medellin Herald July 21, 2022

Politically centrist Colombian President Ivan Duque delivered a kind and honest farewell speech to the incoming Colombian Congress on July 20, as a nervous nation prepares for an erratic, demagogic incoming President Gustavo Petro on August 7. Duque, who beat Petro in a landslide election four years ago, offered only kind words to Petro: “To […]

Editorial

Petro’s ‘Magical Surrealism’ Wins Colombia Presidency

Medellin Herald June 20, 2022

With 100% of votes now counted, socialist-populist Gustavo Petro won Colombia’s presidency last night with 11.28 million votes (50.4%) versus 10.58 million votes (47.3%) for a similarly unbelievable populist, former Bucaramanga Mayor Rodolfo Hernandez. Out of Colombia’s 39 million eligible voters, Petro won 28.9% of that total — meaning 71% of Colombia’s voters