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General News

‘Pacifico 1, 2’ Prosperity Highway Financing Complete: Antioquia Boosts Pacific Link

Colombia’s national infrastructure agency (ANI) announced October 21 that financial close has now been achieved on the “Pacifico 1” (Medellin to Bolombolo) highway project and the related “Pacifico 2” (Bolombolo to La Pintada) projects. Both projects will speed freight traffic links between Antioquia and the key Pacific port of Buenaventura, as well as links between […]
General News

Antioquia’s ‘Prosperity Highways’ Will Boost Economy, Jobs, Transport: Study

A new study by the University of Antioquia and University Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB) finds that Antioquia’s COP$12 trillion (US$4 billion) “Prosperity Highways” to be built over the next five years will have a huge impact on economic growth, jobs and freight transport logistics. Antioquia’s gross domestic product (“PIB” in Spanish initials) will double within 14 […]
General News

Antioquia Outshines All Colombia in Institutional Management, Public Finances

A just released study by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Cepal, in Spanish initials) finds that Antioquia continues to surpass all other departments in Colombia for institutional management and public finances. Antioquia also ranks second (behind Cundinamarca) in over-all “competitiveness,” according to the study. However, the
Congresses & Conferences

Prestigious Medical Congresses Debuting in Medellin; English Spoken Here

Medellin hosts nearly 1,000 delegates for the 11th Congress on Immunology (“ImmunoColombia 2015”) October 13-16 at the Plaza Mayor conference center – with technical presentations in English. The Congress – sponsored by the Latin American Association of Immunology (ALAI) and the Colombian Association of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACCAI) – features leading experts on