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Barranquilla Colombia glass manufacturer Tecnoglass (NASDAQ: TGLS) (BVC:TGLSC) has been busy the past year and a half. After posting strong growth numbers in the US, its major export market, the company purchased a large stake in Saint Gobain’s Colombia glass manufacturing...

In 2008, the Miami Rum Festival began as a small but elegant rum tasting event at Coral Gables’ historic Venetian Pool with 54 luxury rums and 150 rum enthusiasts in attendance. Eleven years later — after growing the event to be the biggest gathering of rum experts and...

85 indigenous children belonging to the Emberá Chamí ethnic group in the the Hermeregildo Chakiama and the Bernardino Panchi reserves, near the rural municipalities of Pueblorrico and Ciudad Bolívar, southwest Antioquia, are now attending the new La Union and Ricardo González...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced in Bogotá yesterday that it would activate an edge location in Colombia by the end of 2019, making Colombia Amazon AWS’s first Latin American network access point outside of North America or Brazil. The cloud services and retail...

A delegation of 10 Canadian business executives from the Province of Quebec recently visited Medellín, accompanied by Export Quebec and led by Counselor for International Affairs Suzie Racine, for the purposes of connecting with construction industry executives in metropolitan...

Medellín based utility company EPM (Empresas Públicas de Medellín) announced last week that it has decided to pause the planned first stage of the sale of its shares in Interconexión Eléctrica S.A. (ISA). Currently, in this process, 112,605,547 ordinary shares, equivalent to...

Global hotel brand Novotel, part of the Accor portfolio, has opened its first Medellín location, rebranding the former Atton hotel anchoring the upscale El Tesoro shopping center. Accor has attributed the decision due to Medellín’s strategic location and position as one of the...

Global business content group WOBI recently held its one day meeting on digital transformation in Medellín’s Plaza Mayor convention center, bringing together international and national speakers to share ideas and ways to rethink business models and customer relationships. The...

Considered by the international media as the main event of the Latin American motorcycle industry, the 13th annual Feria de las 2 Ruedas, organized by Medellín firm Prisma Events, returns to Plaza Mayor in Medellín opening its doors on May 2 and 3 for industry professionals and...

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Sura Asset Management S.A.’s Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at ‘BBB+’ with a stable rating outlook. Key Ratings Drivers, IDRs and Senior Debt Medellín, Colombia based Sura Asset Management’s...