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Wine Production, Appreciation, Business Growing in Antioquia, Valle del Cauca, Boyaca, Santander

Medellin Herald October 22, 2018

Medellin’s annual list of wine-tasting events featuring local and international wines continues to grow — along with workshops led by leading producers and marketers. One such event here on October 20 — organized by local daily newspaper El Colombiano — featured a

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Continental Gold Honors Employees Murdered by FARC ‘Dissidents,’ Hires Top-Flight Security Agency

Medellin Herald October 8, 2018

Canada-based gold miner Continental Gold this month organized memorial masses for four of its employees murdered by FARC “dissident” groups in Antioquia — and then announced the hiring of a top-flight security agency that aims to prevent future such incidents. Three of the four victims – geologists Camilo Andrés Tirado (31), Laura Alejandra Flóres (27) […]

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Metro Medellin Debuts Colombia’s Biggest Shopping Mall: ‘Viva’ Envigado

Medellin Herald October 8, 2018

Medellin-based multinational retail giant Exito announced October 5 the long-awaited opening of Colombia’s biggest shopping mall: the “Viva” center in the Medellin suburb of Envigado. “With an investment of approximately COP$660 billion [US$217 million] and a commercial area of 137,000 square meters, Viva Envigado — the largest commercial and business complex in the

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Medellin’s FCM Global Becomes 1st Fully Licensed Medical Cannabis Producer-Exporter

Medellin Herald October 4, 2018

Medellin-based FCM Global announced October 3 that it has become the first Colombian medical-marijuana producer to win all four required licenses for cultivation, processing, manufacture and export of “low-THC” cannabis-oil extracts. “Recently issued by the Colombian Ministry of Justice, this export license complements FCM’s existing regulatory approvals, granted to the

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Colanta, Proleche Among Antioquian Companies Winning Dairy Exports to Mexico

Medellin Herald August 28, 2018

Colombia’s Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism (MinCIT) announced August 28 that Antioquian milk-products producers Colanta and Proleche are among 11 companies that just won certifications and approvals to export certain dairy-based products to Mexico. MinCIT, ProColombia and Invima collectively worked to open Mexico’s doors to Colombian milk products from 13 newly

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Update: Moody’s, Fitch Both Confirm EPM’s Investment-Grade Rating Despite Hidroituango Issues

Medellin Herald August 25, 2018

Wall Street bond rater Fitch announced September 12 that it has decided to maintain its “AAA (col)” investment-grade rating for Medellin-based multinational electric power giant EPM — but issued a cautionary “negative” outlook. The Fitch decision follows in the wake of fellow Wall Street bond rater Moody’s, which last month likewise maintained an

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ISA 2Q 2018 Net Income Drops Year-on-Year, But First-Half 2018 Still Profitable

Medellin Herald August 23, 2018

Medellin-based multinational electric-power grid operator ISA reported August 13 that its second quarter (2Q) 2018 net income dropped 16% year-on-year, to COP$232 billion (US$77.6 million). Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) for 2Q 2018 likewise dropped 3.8% year-on-year, to COP$945 billion (US$316 million), according to the company. As

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EPM First-Half 2018 EBITDA Grows 10% Year-on-Year

Medellin Herald August 18, 2018

Medellin-based multinational utilities giant EPM announced July 31 that its first-half (1H) 2018 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) grew 10% year-on-year, to COP$2.5 trillion (US$865 million). Net profits for 1H 2018 were steady year-on-year, at COP$1 trillion (US$ 346 million), according to the company. The city of Medellin – EPM’s

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Enka, Coltejer Post Year-on-Year Net Losses for 2Q 2018, But Exports Improving

Medellin Herald August 7, 2018

While sales and export revenues are starting to improve for Medellin’s textile manufacturing giants, net profits are still hard to come by, as evidenced by the latest second quarter (2Q) 2018 results from Enka Colombia and Coltejer. In a financial report issued August 6, Enka revealed that gross income rose to COP$196 billion (US$67 million) […]

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Bancolombia 2Q 2018 Net Income Dips 9.5% Year-on-Year

Medellin Herald August 2, 2018

Medellin-based international banking giant Bancolombia reported August 2 that its second quarter (2Q) 2018 consolidated net income dropped 9.5% year-on-year, to COP$592 billion (US$204 million), from COP$653 billion (US$225 million) in 2Q 2017. Despite the year-on-year decline, the 2Q 2018 profits were 13% better than first-quarter (1Q) 2018 profits, according to the