March 10, 2026
Editorial

Top Medellin Industrialists Contradict Medellin Mayor Quintero’s Unproven Claims on EPM

Grupo Argos President Jorge Mario Velásquez and Grupo Nutresa President Carlos Ignacio Gallego Palacio on April 19 both issued extraordinary public statements contradicting Medellin Mayor Daniel Quintero’s latest unproven assertions claiming that Medellin’s leading industrialists have been trying to manipulate the naming of the EPM general manager and supposedly rob EPM.
Companies

Valores Industriales 2020 Net Income Soars Over 2019

Medellin-based real-estate developer and timber producer Valores Industriales announced March 31 that its full-year 2020 net income soared to COP$14.7 billion (US$4 million), up from a COP$102 billion (US$27.8 million) net loss in 2019. Revenues also rose, to COP$26.5 billion (US$7.2 million), from COP$18 billion (US$4.9 million) in 2019. Valores Industriales (VI) —
Companies

Valores Industriales 2020 Net Income Soars Over 2019

Medellin-based real-estate developer and timber producer Valores Industriales announced March 31 that its full-year 2020 net income soared to COP$14.7 billion (US$4 million), up from a COP$102 billion (US$27.8 million) net loss in 2019. Revenues also rose, to COP$26.5 billion (US$7.2 million), from COP$18 billion (US$4.9 million) in 2019. Valores Industriales (VI) —
Other Norms

Colombia Health Ministry Once Again Reinstates PCR Covid-19 Test Mandate for All International Arrivals

Colombia’s on-again, off-again mandate for all international passenger arrivals to pass a PCR test against Covid-19 is – yes indeed – on again. In an April 1 official bulletin from Colombia’s Health Ministry, the Ministry now insists that all airline passengers must have passed a PCR test within 96 hours of boarding an international flight […]