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Comptroller-General’s Hidroituango Damage Claims Trigger Conconcreto Bankruptcy Filing

Medellin Herald October 13, 2021

Only one day after its fellow “Hidroituango” hydroelectric-project contractor Coninsa Ramon H filed for bankruptcy, Medellin-based construction giant Constructora Conconcreto likewise today (October 13) filed for bankruptcy, citing Colombia’s Comptroller-General proposed COP$4.3 billion

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Construction Giant Coninsa Ramon H Files Bankruptcy Petition

Medellin Herald October 12, 2021

Medellin-based construction giant Coninsa Ramon H – one of the principal contractors to the US$5 billion “Hidroituango” hydroelectric project – this morning (October 12) filed a bankruptcy petition with Colombia’s Superintendencia de Sociedades (Supersociedades) regulatory agency. Under Colombian law, the petition is known as an “Emergency Negotiation of a Reorganization

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Wall Street’s S&P Ratings Group Sees Strong Outlook for UNE-EPM

Medellin Herald October 5, 2021

While the Medellin City Council is mulling Medellin Mayor Daniel Quintero’s proposed sale of EPM’s 50% stake in the UNE-EPM telecom/internet/cell-phone/cable-TV joint venture with Spain-based Millicom, a new report from Wall Street bond rater S&P (BRC Ratings) ironically sees a brighter outlook for the unit, contradicting Quintero’s gloom. In an October 4 filing

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Wall Street’s S&P Ratings Group Sees Strong Outlook for UNE-EPM

Medellin Herald October 5, 2021

While the Medellin City Council is mulling Medellin Mayor Daniel Quintero’s proposed sale of EPM’s 50% stake in the UNE-EPM telecom/internet/cell-phone/cable-TV joint venture with Spain-based Millicom, a new report from Wall Street bond rater S&P (BRC Ratings) ironically sees a brighter outlook for the unit, contradicting Quintero’s gloom. In an October 4 filing

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Wall Street’s S&P Ratings Group Sees Strong Outlook for UNE-EPM

Medellin Herald October 5, 2021

While the Medellin City Council is mulling Medellin Mayor Daniel Quintero’s proposed sale of EPM’s 50% stake in the UNE-EPM telecom/internet/cell-phone/cable-TV joint venture with Spain-based Millicom, a new report from Wall Street bond rater S&P (BRC Ratings) ironically sees a brighter outlook for the unit, contradicting Quintero’s gloom. In an October 4 filing

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Sura’s VaxThera Confirms 2023 Start-up for US$54 Milllion Vaccine Plant in Antioquia

Medellin Herald September 23, 2021

Medellin-based multinational insurance and health-care giant Grupo Sura just confirmed this afternoon (September 23) that its VaxThera biotech division will build a US$54 million plant and laboratory here in Antioquia for production of up-to-100-million bottles/year of vaccines for the Latin American market. “The location was defined after a detailed analysis by a group of

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Coltejer Shuts Down Completely

Medellin Herald September 10, 2021

Medellin-based textile giant Coltejer revealed in a September 9 filing with Colombia’s Superfinanciera oversight agency that it has decided to shutter all operations for what remains of 2021 — and hinted of even more drastic, permanent measures coming. “The suspension of productive activities will continue for the rest of this year 2021,” according to Coltejer. […]

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Top Colombian Government Officials Praise Medellin-Based Managro for Boosting Agricultural Exports, Helping Economic Rebound

Medellin Herald September 9, 2021

Colombia’s Commerce Ministry revealed this month that foreign direct investment (FDI) here skyrocketed by 62% in second quarter (2Q) 2021, on top of an impressive 17.6% year-on-year rise in gross domestic product (“PIB” in Spanish initials) during the same quarter. One of the companies that is helping to spark this rebound is Medellin-based agricultural

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USAID, France Team-up With Antioquia’s Embera for Novel Gourmet-Cacao Exports

Medellin Herald September 9, 2021

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced September 6 that it’s teaming-up with France-based Elite Chocolate to train women from the Embera Eyabidá ethnic group here in Antioquia on specialized production and export of organic cacao for gourmet French chocolate. According to USAID, “the cacao grown by women from the Embera Indigenous Council of […]

Politics

Colombia’s Comptroller-General Claims 26 Officials, Companies, Politcos Responsible for COP$4.3 Trillion in Hidroituango Damages

Medellin Herald September 6, 2021

Colombia’s Comptroller-General announced this afternoon (September 6) that it has decided to go ahead with court claims totaling COP$4.3 trillion (US$1.13 billion) against 26 officials, companies and several politicians for alleged “gross negligence” that supposedly resulted in a 2018 diversion-tunnel collapse at the US$5 billion Hidroituango hydroelectric dam in