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Prior to the OAS General Assembly held last month in Medellín, Colombia, member countries of the Organization of American States proposed to strengthen the use of technology to combat corruption in The Americas. “According to the Corruption Perception Index prepared by...

At the behest of Colombia’s National Environmental Licensing Authority (ANLA) scientists from the United States government spent two weeks in Colombia observing and analyzing the environmental impacts of the Hidroituango contingency, the troubled hydroelectric dam construction...

Earlier this month, according to various eyewitness reports, around 100 independent Rappi delivery contractors burned their trademark orange merchandise totes in front of Rappi’s offices in the north of Bogotá.  Rappi delivery contractors are not employees but independent...

As part of its planned expansion. Rionegro Colombia based air carrier Viva Air is adding two daily flights between Barranquilla (BAQ) and Bogotá (BOG), and one daily flight between Medellín (MDE) and Barranquilla, starting immediately. “Viva Air is proud to return to Barranquilla...

The 11th edition of F-AIR Colombia 2019, the main military aviation trade event in Colombia and one of the most important in Latin America, is returning and set to take place July 11-14 in Rionegro, Colombia. At this semi-annual event entrepreneurs from the civil and military...

As part of its expansion plan in the region, Viva Air has initiated operations of its new bi-directional international route between Cartagena, Colombia (CTG) and Lima, Peru (LIM) from $195 USD round trip, flying Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. On June 7, Viva Air’s pink-livery...

The Holberton School, a college alternative for training software engineers, last week announced that it has opened a campus in Medellín, it’s second Colombia campus after opening one in the capital of Bogotá. Holberton provides what it calls “Silicon-Valley grade” peer-learning...

Interjet Airlines is beginning service between Mexico and several South America destinations including Medellín, Colombia, Guayaquil, Ecuador and Lima, Peru. These new flights will serve both the business and leisure traveler expanding Interjet’s footprint into South Americ...

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...

Next May 28th in Medellín’s Hotel Intercontinental, engineers from around the country are invited to a seminar and workshop on flexible technical solutions for the control and mitigation of geologic and geotechnical risks, led by Geobrugg AG – Warco with support from the...