Editorial

‘Colombia El Pais de Los Extremos’ Helps Explain Antioquia’s Domination of Business, Industry, Entrepreneurship, Self-Reliance — Nationally and Internationally

Medellin Herald December 7, 2020

“Colombia El Pais de los Extremos” (Colombia the Nation of Extremes) is Ecuadorian diplomat-scholar Eduardo Durán-Cousín’s new, 783-pages-long history and analysis of more than 500 years of Colombia’s cultural, social, economic and political triumphs and tragedies. For any foreigner

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Crucial Investor Lessons From Colombia’s Gigantic ‘Buritica’ Gold-Mining Project: CGS Director

Medellin Herald December 1, 2020

Editor’s Note: The annual Colombia Gold Symposium (CGS) conference here in Medellin — organized by CGS director, veteran mining journalist and British expat Paul Harris — brings together leading international and domestic mining companies, consultants and government regulators, to explore the challenges and opportunities of gold mining here in Antioquia

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Court Orders Freeing of Colombian Ex-President Alvaro Uribe

Medellin Herald October 10, 2020

A Bogota District Court – having been assigned a case involving witness-tampering allegations earlier brought before an investigative unit of Colombia’s Supreme Court (“Sala de Instruccion”) – this morning (October 10) ordered the release from house arrest of former Colombia President (and former Senator) Alvaro Uribe. District Court Judge Clara Ximena Salcedo found that

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Medellin Mayor’s Mishandling of EPM Board Causes Catastrophic Plunge in Public Image

Medellin Herald September 3, 2020

A new survey of voting-age residents here shows that Medellin Mayor Daniel Quintero damaged his favorable image in handling the Covid-19 crisis by excluding the Board of Directors of EPM — the city’s biggest money-maker — from a Hidroituango lawsuit decision that could turn catastrophic. According to the Consultores de Opinion telephonic survey of 487

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Alleged Conflicts-of-Interest in Hidroituango Damages-Recovery Scheme Prompts Clash Between Trade Groups, Mayor Quintero, Former Governor Perez, Former VP German Vargas

Medellin Herald August 17, 2020

Former Colombia Vice President Germán Vargas Lleras, former Antioquia Governor Luis Perez and current Medellin Mayor Daniel Quintero are making noises over supposedly questionable conflicts-of-interest that triggered the mass resignation of EPM’s entire Board of Directors this month following EPM’s sudden “conciliation” lawsuit against Hidroituango

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Colombia Supreme Court Orders House Arrest Pending Trial for Former President Alvaro Uribe

Medellin Herald August 5, 2020

An investigative unit (“Sala de Instruccion”) of the Colombia Supreme Court on August 4 ordered preventive house detention against former Colombia President (now Senator) Alvaro Uribe on charges of witness tampering in a case involving Colombia’s never-ending political cannibalism. Ironically, the alleged victim of witness tampering – left-wing Senator Iván Cepeda of the

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Voters Give President Duque 60% Favorability Rating During Covid-19 Crisis; Medellin Mayor Tops All Politicians

Medellin Herald July 14, 2020

The latest EcoAnalitica-Guarumo scientific survey of 2,122 voters across Colombia gives President Ivan Duque a 60% favorability ranking during the continuing Covid-19 crisis — a slight decline from 63% favorability in the last survey in April. The July 8-11 survey of voters in all major and minor Colombia cities has a margin of error of […]

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Colombia’s Governors, Mayors Overwhelmingly Support President Duque on Coronavirus Controls; but Bogota Mayor Starts Tilting at Windmills

Medellin Herald April 23, 2020

Colombia’s main trade associations for departmental governors and mayorships just endorsed what most Colombians view as President Ivan Duque’s rational, science-driven and politically reasonable handling of the Coronavirus crisis. The National Federation of Departments (FND) and the Colombian Federation of Municipalities (FCM) on April 22 publicly endorsed President

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President Duque Favorability Rating Soars on Coronavirus-Crisis, but Most Now Favor Terminating Quarantine on April 27

Medellin Herald April 20, 2020

Until the Coronavirus crisis appeared, Colombia President Ivan Duque generally had difficulty connecting with voters and had slipped in popularity polls — initially because of a prior failure to build a broader, effective coalition in the multi-party Colombian Congress. But that’s all changed since Duque successfully broadened his Congress base late last year – and

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Fake News Alert: Report Claims Former Colombia President Uribe Tied to Mexican Drug Kingpin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman

Medellin Herald February 11, 2020

A report claiming ties between former President Alvaro Uribe and imprisoned Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” Guzman has now prompted even President Uribe’s longest-running, harshest media critic to trash the report as unsubstantiated. The apparent fake-news report – first broadcast by fired former Colombian Attorney General’s Office investigator and convicted criminal