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Interview: Etek CEO Praveen Sengar Discusses Adapting To Expat Life In Bogotá

Etek is a multinational IT security company headquartered in Miami, Florida but with operations run out of Bogotá, Colombia. Praveen Sengar was brought in as the company’s new CEO less than a year ago to energize the company’s culture and grow its global reach. In another...

Posted OnNovember 20, 2020

, ByLoren Moss

Book Review-The Viva Effect: How The Irreverent Turned Dreams Into An Airborne Reality (Spanish Version: El Efecto Viva)

The book starts off with a glowing account of the airline’s creation, almost superlative in its description of the personalities involved. However, in the second half the book takes a frank and candid tone when approaching the airline’s growing pains, internal conflict among the...

Posted OnNovember 11, 2020

, ByLoren Moss

Delivering Excellent Customer Service and Managing Remote Teams: How to Balance Today’s Dilemmas?

Cloud platforms provide Contact Center companies with all the tools they need to balance the challenges of the new world order

Posted OnNovember 2, 2020

, ByLoren Moss

Guest Opinion: Russia in 2016—Colombia in 2020?

Some of those Colombians in South Florida have been playing a media game in recent weeks that could influence the balance of power in Washington with the upcoming election on November 3rd.

Posted OnOctober 26, 2020

, BySergio Escobar

US Citizens Abroad, Be Sure To Vote In The Upcoming Election. Here is How:

You can use the FWAB as an emergency, back-up option if you do not have time to return your local ballot. If you send a FWAB and subsequently receive your local ballot, you can vote with the local ballot, too – your election official will count only your local ballot, and you...

Posted OnOctober 15, 2020

, ByLoren Moss

Hidroituango spillway photo courtesy EPM

EPM’s Hidroituango: New Report By Independent Geological Engineering Expert Challenges Existing Narrative

This is the abridged version of a new independent technical study of the Hidroituango Hydroelectric Dam project tunnel collapse on Colombia's Cauca River by Canadian geological engineering expert Dean Brox. According to Mr. Brox, serious design flaws and critical decisions led to...

Posted OnOctober 5, 2020

, ByDean Brox

Guest Editorial: Restore Confidence in Medellín

In recent weeks, the harmony of Medellin's governance with the city's civil society has been affected by a series of decisions originating from the Medellin mayor's office that interfere with the regulations and corporate governance of companies so emblematic of the city & the...

Posted OnSeptember 1, 2020

, BySergio Escobar

From Tomato-Thrower To Banana Republican, Can Medellin’s Mayor Daniel Quintero Learn Good Governance (Please?): Op-Ed

Only 8 months into his term as mayor of Medellín, tomato-throwing Daniel Quintero has managed to unite Paisas from labor unions to corporate giants against him.Multiple boards of directors have resigned, and Fitch has downgraded the city-owned utility's credit, citing 'governance...

Posted OnSeptember 1, 2020

, ByLoren Moss

Cameron WIlson of Colombia Risk Analysis

What To Expect In 2nd Half Of Colombian President Ivan Duque’s Term? Colombia Risk Analysis Predicts In This Exclusive Video Interview

The report’s co-author Cameron Wilson took time to speak with Finance Colombia executive editor Loren Moss about the many points covered by the report, including what to expect in the second half of Colombian President Ivan Duque’s term.

Posted OnAugust 25, 2020

, ByLoren Moss

Medellín's Féria de las Flores. Photo credit: Loren Moss

Guest Editorial: Another 8/11 To Remember

The decisions of Mayor Quintero and his CEO at EPM without having his Board of Directors present on one side; and on the other with a similar behavior in Route N put asunder respect for the institutions and good governance of both entities; valuable heritage of our community.

Posted OnAugust 18, 2020

, BySergio Escobar