Infrastructure

Medellin-Bogota Highway Reopens 24 Hours/Day at San Luis Landslide Site

Medellin Herald April 18, 2021

Colombia’s national highway agency Invias announced April 17 that it has restored 24 hours/day operations on the Medellin-Bogota highway at the site of an April 9 landslide near San Luis, Antioquia. The new scheme employs alternating one-way traffic around the landslide site between kilometer

Infrastructure

Toyo Tunnel Connection Project Announces 2 Contract Awards

Medellin Herald March 30, 2021

Colombia’s highway agency Invias announced March 30 that it awarded two contracts for road and bridge works that will join with the under-construction “Toyo” tunnel connecting Medellin westward to new and existing Atlantic ports via the “Mar 1” and “Mar 2” highways. Under the deal, Medellin-based highway construction giant Construcciones El Condor won a COP$418 […]

Congresses & Conferences

Colombiatex / Colombiamoda to Merge in One Big Medellin Show: July 27-29, 2021

Medellin Herald March 24, 2021

Medellin-based international textile/fashion-industry trade group Inexmoda announced March 23 that the normally separated Colombiatex and Colombiamoda fashion/textile trade shows will be merged this year into one big show July 27-29 – both in-person as well as via internet. “Through an omnichannel mode, Colombiatex+Colombiamoda will offer experiences around business,

Infrastructure

Crucial Pacifico 1-2-3 Highways to Link-Up in 2022; Toyo Tunnel at 50%; Vias del Nus at 85%

Medellin Herald March 19, 2021

Agencia Nacional de Infraestructura (ANI, Colombia’s infrastructure agency) revealed today (March 19) that the new Pacifico 1, 2 and 3 highways linking Medellin southwestward toward the Pacific port of Buenaventura will open for traffic in 2022 — ahead of schedule. “Next year, the three Pacific highways will be in the service of a whole country,” […]

Health & Insurance.

Colombia Exceeding 1 Million Covid-19 Vaccinations This Week; April Surge Coming

Medellin Herald March 15, 2021

Colombia Health Minister Fernando Ruiz revealed this morning (March 15) that more than 1 million people nationally will have received their first shot of Covid-19 vaccine this week, with 1.8 million likely by end-March. As of March 13, 782,301 Colombians had gotten a Covid-19 shot since the vaccination campaign started 25 days ago, of which […]

Health & Insurance.

Covid-19 Vaccine Supplies Expanding Here, but Monthly Shot Rate Must Triple

Medellin Herald March 11, 2021

Colombia Health Minister Fernando Ruiz announced March 10 that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer just confirmed that Colombia will get another 2.2 million doses of its highly effective Covid-19-prevention vaccines next month (April 2021). This upcoming delivery comes on top of the nearly 1.5 million Sinovac doses received here last weekend — supplementing an earlier

General News

American Airlines, Viva Air Unveil Nonstop Flights from Medellin to New York, Mexico City, Cancun, Orlando

Medellin Herald February 18, 2021

American Airlines announced February 18 that it is launching daily nonstop flights to and from Medellin’s Jose Maria Cordova (JMC) international airport to New York’s JFK international starting May 6. American simultaneously is expanding code-share flight deals with JetBlue for ticket purchases starting February 22, according to the companies. “American’s customers will

Health & Insurance.

Colombia Now Receiving 1.65 Million Doses of Covid-19 Vaccines; Shots Start This Week

Medellin Herald February 15, 2021

Colombia President Ivan Duque announced this morning (February 15) that the nation will receive the first 50,000 doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines today, followed by 1.6 million more doses from various providers over the next three weeks. As a result, the first vaccinations will start here right away — a few days in advance of […]

Infrastructure

Medellin Expands Electric Bus Recharging Network

Medellin Herald February 11, 2021

Medellin’s continually expanding zero-emissions public transport network got another boost February 10 with the start-up of new charging stations for its 60 pure-electric “Metroplus” buses. The new stations, in the Patio Fátima neighborhood, enable bus recharging 24 hours a day, seven days a week, according to a bulletin from the Medellin Mayor’s Office. The new […]

General News

Medellin Mayor Fires EPM General Manager with No Explanation Why

Medellin Herald February 2, 2021

In what critics see as a disturbing habit of recklessness and political capriciousness, Medellin Mayor Daniel Quintero and his hand-picked Board of Directors of city-owned public utility EPM on February 1 fired EPM general manager Álvaro Guillermo Rendón. Rendón — himself hand-picked by Quintero to take over as EPM general manager in January 2020 upon […]