October 3, 2025
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Ex-U.S. President Bill Clinton Praises Medellin’s Turnaround at World Coffee Producers Forum

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton told an overflow audience for the first-ever World Coffee Producers Forum July 11 that Medellin’s transformation from the world’s most violent city 25 years ago to a global leader in social innovation and progress might foretell what Colombia as a whole eventually could become. Holding the prestigious World Coffee Producers […]
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Investment, Convention, Tourism Agencies Teaming-up; Medellin Growth Tops in all Americas

Medellin’s three public agencies charged with promoting foreign investment, conventions and tourism announced in early June that they’ve developed a strategy to coordinate and boost promotional efforts. The Medellin Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Agencia de Cooperación e Inversión de Medellín y el Área Metropolitana (ACI Medellin) and the Plaza Mayor convention center
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‘Responsible Mining’ Dominates Colombia Gold Symposium in Medellin

While Colombia’s gold-mining sector historically has too-often suffered from environmental destruction, violence, land invasions, intromission of guerilla/criminal groups and loud protests from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and citizens, Antioquia is starting to show real progress in socially and environmentally responsible mining. In numerous presentations to the
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Medellin’s ‘Expo Agrofuturo’ Generates US$250 Milllion in Deals, 18,000 Visitors

Medellin’s annual “Expo Agrofuturo” show this month generated US$250 million in business deals and attracted 18,000 visitors – including 1,300 internationals — to the Plaza Mayor convention center, according to show organizers. Show visitors, investors and speakers came from 18 countries including the USA, Israel, Chile, UK, Mexico and Brazil, according to
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Colombiamoda 2016 Launches July 26-28; More than US$340 Million in Deals Seen

The 27th annual edition of Colombiamoda comes to Medellin’s Plaza Mayor July 26 through 28 in what show organizer Inexmoda describes as the most important clothing-fashion business fair in Latin America. Some 1,700 international buyers from 50 countries will join some 11,560 Colombia-based buyers and 650 clothing, footwear, textile and accessories exhibitors, with more