March 10, 2026
Health & Insurance.

Medellin Readies 800,000 Covid-19 Vaccinations; Appointment Instructions to be Sent Via ‘Medellin Me Cuida’ App in January

Medellin Herald
Medellin Mayor Daniel Quintero announced December 19 that 338 vaccination teams throughout the city are gearing-up to administer 800,000 Covid-19 vaccinations starting in February. “Those people who are part of the population that will be vaccinated in the first stage will receive information and instructions through the ‘Medellín Me Cuida’ [application],” according to the
Health & Insurance.

Colombia Confirms 40 Million Covid-19 Vaccine Doses, Unveils Five-Stage Vaccination Plan Starting February

Medellin Herald
Colombia President Ivan Duque announced last night (December 18) in a nationally televised address that Colombia now has guaranteed supplies of 40 million Covid-19 vaccine doses in deals with Pfizer, AstraZeneca and the Covax multinational consortium. As a result, “in the first weeks of 2021 we are advancing the process of mass vaccination,” Duque revealed. […]
Coltejer's Foundational Factory in Itagui, South of Medellin
Companies

Coltejer to Abandon Giant Medellin-Metro Factory, Shift Remaining Operations to Rionegro

Medellin Herald
Medellin-based textile giant Coltejer revealed in a December 17 filing with Colombia’s Superfinanciera oversight agency that it now plans to abandon its foundational factory in the southern Medellin suburb of Itagüí. When this abandonment is complete, all remaining textile operations will shift to Rionegro, Antioquia, according to the company, founded in 1907 by pioneering
AngloGold Ashanti Updates 'Quebradona' Mine Environmental Impact Assessment; Aims to Recycle Tailings for Roads, Buildings
Companies

AngloGold Ashanti Updates ‘Quebradona’ Mine Environmental Impact Assessment; Aims to Recycle Tailings for Roads, Buildings

Medellin Herald
Global mining giant AngloGold Ashanti Colombia announced December 16 that it has launched initial recycling of mine tailings near Jericó, southwest Antioquia, into a cement-like product suitable for buildings, prefab homes, roads, ceramics, paints, outdoor furniture and soil amendments. The announcement comes on the heels of new demands from Colombia’s environmental
Editorial

‘Colombia El Pais de Los Extremos’ Helps Explain Antioquia’s Domination of Business, Industry, Entrepreneurship, Self-Reliance — Nationally and Internationally

Medellin Herald
“Colombia El Pais de los Extremos” (Colombia the Nation of Extremes) is Ecuadorian diplomat-scholar Eduardo Durán-Cousín’s new, 783-pages-long history and analysis of more than 500 years of Colombia’s cultural, social, economic and political triumphs and tragedies. For any foreigner sufficiently fluent in Spanish and trying to understand why Colombia in several key ways is
Companies

Colombia’s Comptroller-General Blames Hidroituango Contractors, Former Officials, Politicians for US$1.18-Billion in Losses at Hidroituango Project

Medellin Herald
Colombia’s Comptroller-General (Contraloria General de la Republica, CGR) Carlos Felipe Córdoba on December 3 announced long-expected mismanagement charges against 28 individuals and companies including contractors, former EPM board members, former Medellin Mayors and former Antioquia Governors for actions and omissions that contributed US$1.18 billion in losses at the

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