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Medellin’s First-Ever Congress of Junior Ornithology Students: Impressive Growth, Wider Appreciation

Just as Medellin pioneered the development of Colombian wild-bird study and conservation via the founding of Sociedad Antioqueña de Ornitologia (SAO) nearly 35 years ago, now the city can boast of hosting the first-ever congress of junior ornithology students. In the April 19 event at Medellin’s Colegio Montessori, some 70 students from four local schools […]
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Medellin’s EPM Public Utility Making Impressive Financial, Social, Environmental Progress

Medellin-based multinational utilities giant EPM on April 7 presented highlights of 2017 results including impressive growth in profitability along with expansion of water, power, garbage-collection, sewer and natural-gas services to thousands more customers in the metro area. In a press conference, EPM general manager Jorge Londoño de la Cuesta and Medellin Mayor Federico
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Colombia’s Economic Slowdown Penalizes Medellin in ‘Como Vamos’ Survey

The annual “Medellin Como Vamos” (“how are we doing?”) citizen survey released March 15 finds that while most Medellin residents remain relatively optimistic, Colombia’s economic slowdown in 2017 pushed the favorability index downward. The face-to-face survey in November 2017 of 1,500 residents across all zones and all socio-economic strata found that in general —
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ANI Touts Billion-Dollar Investments in Antioquia Highways, Ports, Airport Upgrades

Colombia’s Agencia Nacional de Infraestructura (ANI) infrastructure-project agency president Dimitri Zaninovich on March 13 publicly hailed what he termed as multi-billion-dollar investments in “fourth generation” (4G) highways connecting Medellin and Antioquia to key ocean freight ports. In a speech following inspection of Colombia’s first-ever unified air-freight
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‘Vias del Nus’ Highways, Crucial Tunnel Passages Win Enviro Permits

The Medellin-based “Vias del Nus” (“Vinus”) highway construction concessionaire announced January 22 that it won crucial permits from Agencia Nacional de Licencias Ambientales (ANLA) to build twin tunnels through “La Quiebra,” the principal obstacle blocking cost- and time-efficient freight traffic between Medellin and the Rio Magdalena. The “Quiebra” pass currently only