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Empresas Publicas de Medellin (EPM), the municipally owned multinational utility company based in Medellín, Antioquia was announced the winner of the Lighthouse Innovation Awards 2015 prize, for setting itself apart as a visionary and leader in applying modern technologies to...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) launched the 2016 Call for Proposals of the Initiative for the Promotion of Regional Public Goods in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), which supports projects aimed at resolving shared challenges and seizing opportunities for...

Macrorrueda 60, the Colombian Business Matchmaking Forum, sponsored by ProColombia will take place March 17-18, 2016 at the Corferias conference center in Bogotá. The event aims to introduce 2,000 Colombian suppliers with more than 1000 international buyers. During this 2-day...

Ambassador of the United States Kevin Whitaker received at his residence last Friday morning several members from Colombia’s private sector to celebrate the success of the  100,000 Strong in the Americas (La Fuerza de 100,000 en las Americas) higher education initiative in...

Michael R. Bloomberg today launched Bloomberg Philanthropies’ 2016 Mayors Challenge, a competition to inspire Latin American and Caribbean cities to develop bold new ideas that solve major problems and improve city life – and that ultimately can be shared with other cities. The...

The City of Bogotá controlled telecommunications company, Empresas Telefonicas de Bogotá (ETB) (BVC:ETB) has seated a newly formed board of directors that, in their first meeting, elected Jorge Castellanos Rueda (above) as the new president. In Colombia, it is common for...

Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P. (TSX:BEP.UN)(NYSE:BEP) has committed to acquire 57.6% of the outstanding common shares of Medellín based Isagen S.A. (BVC:ISAGEN) from the Colombian government. In an auction held at 8am today that had only Brookfield as a bidder, the...

Local and regional governments (LRGs) in Brazil and Colombia should face similar challenges from the decline in commodities prices and their importance to their economies, according to Fitch Ratings. LRGs in Colombia and Brazil suffer from high numbers of informal workers (those...

After Colbun dropped out of bidding last Friday (causing Colbun’s stock to rally strongly, up of 3.2%), only one bidder remains in contention for tomorrow’s January 13 auction for Colombian government controlled power producer, Isagen. Isagen is the third largest energy producer,...

Colombia ‘s mining and energy sector will strengthen the way it makes policy decisions and its administration of information for efficient services, as well as its controls and audit methods, with the support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). An IDB loan of $30...