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Medellin Wins Global Competition to Launch ‘4th Industrial Revolution’ Research Center

Medellin Herald
Colombia President Ivan Duque announced January 22 at the World Economic Forum summit in Davos, Switzerland, that Medellin just won a world-wide competition to launch the first “Fourth Industrial Revolution” research center in all of Latin America. Over the next 18 months, the initial research projects at the center will involve artificial intelligence (AI); the […]
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Medellin City Council OKs COP$5.3 Trillion 2019 Budget; Electric-Bus Fleet to Expand

Medellin Herald
The Medellin City Council on November 26 voted 19-2 to approve a COP$5.3 trillion (US$1.6 billion) 2019 budget mainly favoring the city’s most vulnerable citizens. More than 78% of the budget goes to public education, health, infrastructure and “social inclusion,” according to the city’s Treasury Secretary Orlando Uribe Villa. The budget includes a COP$77 billion […]
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Antioquia Will Continue to Dominate Gold Mining in Colombia: CGS Highlights

Medellin Herald
Antioquia Mining Secretary Dora Elena Balvin revealed at the 2018 edition of the annual Colombia Gold Symposium (CGS) here that Antioquia continues to dominate national gold production – and is likely to expand output dramatically in coming years. One reason for optimism is the well-underway development of Continental Gold’s massive mining project at Buritica, Antioquia,
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Medellin Retains ‘AAA’ Debt Rating Despite EPM’s Hidroituango Problems

Medellin Herald
Wall Street bond rater Fitch announced November 16 that it has affirmed Medellin’s favorable “AAA(col)” long-term debt rating despite the financial challenges facing city-owned electric utility EPM because of problems with the giant “Hidroituango” hydroelectric power project. According to Fitch, Medellin also enjoys a “stable” debt oulook and a favorable “F1+(col)”
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Big Step Forward for Medellin, EPM: Hidroituango Spillway-Startup Marks Recovery

Medellin Herald
Medellin-based electric power giant EPM on November 4 heralded the start-up of the engineered spillway over the giant “Hidroituango” hydroelectric project in Antioquia (see photo, above). That start-up soon will allow EPM to close a makeshift diversion tunnel through the dam, ensure steady, safe, adequate water-flow of the Cauca River downstream of the dam, and […]
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Crucial ‘Pacifico 1’ Highway Construction Ramps-Up Following Long Delays

Medellin Herald
The “Corvipacifico” construction consortium announced in late September that it is cranking-up construction works on the long-delayed “Pacifico 1” highway between Medellin and Bolombolo. That highway will connect (via a new bridge across the Cauca River) with the under-construction “Pacifico 2” highway linking Bolombolo to La Pintada  — both straddling the Cauca

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