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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 On September 1, 2020

, By Loren Moss

EPM’s Board of Directors Resign En Masse, Creating Crisis For Mayor Daniel Quintero

The board’s resignation left the utility’s CEO, Álvaro Guillermo Rendón trying to explain to the media and public why the entire board of directors resigning or the mayor’s actions are nothing to worry about.

Posted On August 17, 2020

, By Loren Moss

Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, 2 Sons Are Infected With Coronavirus COVID-2

1 day after being detained in house arrest by Colombia’s supreme court on charges of witness tampering, former president and current senator Alvaro Uribe is infected with the COVID-2 Coronavirus, that leads to the COVID-19 disease.

Posted On August 5, 2020

, By Loren Moss

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Tourist Town of Guatapé Becomes First in Colombia to Ban Polystyrene, Single Use Plastics

On May 27, Hernán Dario Urrea Castaño, mayor of Guatapé, Antioquia ratified an agreement to outlaw the reuse or sales of polystyrene, wax paper, plastic straws, glasses or coffee stirrers. Guatapé is a small town approximately 2 hours outside of Medellín that sits on the shore of...

Posted On June 15, 2019

, By Loren Moss

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Mitsubishi Electric Threatened By Criminal Group, Employees Called “Military Objectives”

Japanese multinational Mitsubishi Electric (TYO: 6503) has received threats via an anonymous pamphlet that threatens several managers and supervisors of its Bello, Antioquia factory, and accuses several employees as being complicit with the “Pachelly” criminal gang active in the...

Posted On May 22, 2019

, By Loren Moss

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Colombia’s House of Representatives Approves Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) Studies

Colombia’s house of representatives approved as part of its National Development Plan last week, authorization for the Ministry of Mines & Energy to study the possibility of introducing Hydraulic Fracturing, nicknamed “Fracking,” in Colombia. The unconventional petroleum and...

Posted On May 20, 2019

, By Loren Moss