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According to Rendón on radio interviews he gave with Colombian radio stations Blu Radio and W Radio, Mayor Quintero has led a hostile takeover of EPM. In the interviews, Rendón accused the mayor of attempting to install his private secretary, Camila Villamizar, on various EPM...

During a board meeting yesterday called by EPM (Empresas Públicas de Medellín) CEO Alvaro Rendón after Medellín Mayor Daniel Quintero asked for his resignation, the board of directors, appointed entirely by Mayor Quintero, confirmed his firing.

EPM General Manager Alvaro Rendón says he will resign only after meeting with the Board of Directors, despite Medellín Mayor Daniel Quintero's request for his head; this just days after Quintero dismissed Rendon's ouster as politically motivated false rumors.

The affirmation reflects Fitch's expectations that Medellin will maintain an adequate operating performance and manageable debt levels in spite of the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

While EPM seeks a litigation jurisdiction of Antioquia Administrative court, the consortium is countersuing in an international court, away from potential political influence in Antioquia’s capital of Medellín.

After manufacturing, the units had to be shipped from Santos, Brazil to Colombian ports in the Caribbean, then deployed over roads as oversized cargo to the rural site of the Hidroituango hydroelectric dam in northern Antioquia.

According to the comptroller, these 28 individuals would be responsible for economic losses exceeding $400 million USD. Among those individuals are former EPM general managers Federico Restrepo and Juan Esteban Calle; former mayors of Medellín Anibal Gaviria & Fabio Salazar, and...

Ruíz has spent the last 24 years of her career at EPM, where she has held multiple posts including Director of Energy Regulation, and Executive Vice President of Business Management.

Olga Lucia Arango, the president of EPM's largest labor union does not mince words when she expresses her union's concern over alleged mismanagement and political interference at the Medellín-based multinational utility operator. She has a message for the utility's bondholders,...

The board of directors then asked for a meeting with the mayor at the end of July, which they did not get. In their regular board meeting, August 12, the board of directors again asked Quintero’s secretary of economic development, Alejandro Arias for a meeting with the mayor to...