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Condoleezza Rice went to Medellin last week to support free trade, and people unexpectedly lined the streets to applaud ... What didn't get camera space was the spontaneous well-wishing and cheers in Medellin upon the arrival ... It's about people and creating jobs for Medellin's and America's poor. (Investors Business Daily)
* Rice and lawmakers wrap up Colombia visit Jan 27, 2008
AFP, MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA Sunday, Jan 27, 2008, Page 7 ... The US delegation also met Medellin Mayor Alonso Salazar and 20 former members of the ultra right-wing United Self-Defense Forces (AUC) of Colombia, 4,000 of whose fighters have been reintegrated into civil society with government help since 2006 ... After her talk with the demobilized fighters, Rice and the US lawmakers visited a flower plantation in nearby Rionegro, 40km outside Medellin and had lunch with Uribe at his ranch. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Chvez urges allies to withdraw reserves from US banks Jan 27, 2008
In her 24-hour visit to Medellin, Colombia's second-largest city, Rice and nine Democratic legislators met with union leaders who complained that the Uribe government has not done enough to halt violence, including killings, that discourages labor organizing. More than 700 trade unionists have been killed in Colombia since 2001, according to the government. (Boston Globe)
* Colombia needs FTA with US, Rice says Jan 26, 2008
NOT A PRIORITY: Colombian union leaders who oppose the free-trade deal claimed that violence against unionized workers is still too high, with 25 killed last year alone AP, MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA Saturday, Jan 26, 2008, Page 7 ... "[I'm here] to say very strongly that whatever the challenges facing Colombia, they are not going to be easier if this free-trade deal does not pass," Rice said in the Andean nation's second-largest city, Medellin ... Rice and the US legislators met late on Thursday in... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Rice Backs Uribe on Trade Free Trade Agreement, Security in Colombia Trip Jan 26, 2008
Colombia is an inspirational story,'' Rice told reporters after meeting Uribe and his cabinet today in Medellin, northwest of Bogota ... The visit to Medellin -- once considered the world's most dangerous city when drug lord Pablo Escobar ran his cartel from there -- builds on a series of similar trips last year by U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and lawmakers aimed at getting Congress to approve the agreement with Colombia this year ... Rice said on her arrival in Medellin that... (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Rice talks trade on Colombia trip Jan 26, 2008
The BBC's Jeremy McDermott in Medellin it will remains to be seen whether a US Congress, more interested in the current fight for presidential nominees and this year's elections, will be won over by Ms Rice's arguments. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Americas)
Rice says Colombia needs FTA to overcome challenges Jan 25, 2008
Rice arrived in Medellin, northwestern Colombia, Thursday with a delegation of Democratic lawmakers for two days of talks aimed at reviving the contentious free trade agreement (FTA) with the South American country ... The visit is an opportunity for Colombia's various sectors to explain the future FTA's benefits, said Medellin's government secretary Jesus Rodriguez. (Xinhuanet, China)
Rice: Colombia needs free trade pact to overcome problems Jan 25, 2008
MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday the challenges facing Colombia will only get harder if a trade deal with Washington doesn't pass, as she met with union members during a visit to try to revive the pact ... The delegation met late Thursday in Medellin with unionists who oppose the deal ... As in seven visits of U.S. lawmakers led by Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and other high-ranking administration officials since June, the focus of this mission... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Rice to show Colombia support Jan 25, 2008
Ms Rice, accompanied by 10 Democratic congressmen, will meet Mr Uribe and some demobilised Colombian right-wing guerrillas on Friday in Medellin ... The BBC's Jeremy McDermott in Medellin says the treaty will be a tough sell for Ms Rice ... Medellin, Colombia's second largest city behind the capital Bogota, was the base of cocaine baron Pablo Escobar and one of the world's most violent cities in the last decade. (BBC News -- Americas)
Selling America's Foreign Policy Jan 25, 2008
From Switzerland, salesman-in-chief Rice raced back to Washington, re-packed her bags in 00004000 less than 12 hours, picked up new traveling companions and flew off to Medellin, Colombia -- the hometown of America s staunchest ally in Latin America, embattled Colombian President, Alviro Uribe ... Perhaps most importantly, Mr. Uribe had the opportunity to showcase how Medellin has been rebuilt from a violent haven for the world s most notorious drug cartel into a thriving commercial center in... (Human Events Online)
Egypt must protect Gaza Strip border - Rice Jan 25, 2008
MEDELLIN, Colombia, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Egypt must ensure the security of its border on the Gaza Strip where militants have blown a hole in the wall built by Israel, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday. "I understand that it's a difficult situation for them. But it is an international border. It needs to be protected and I believe that Egypt understands the importance of doing that," Rice told reporters before arriving in Medellin on a trip to promote a free trade agreement... (AlertNet)
Police chief hurt in fatal Iraq blast Jan 24, 2008
Demonstrators shout slogans in Medellin during a protest against the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Colombia January 23, 2008. Rice will lead a group of U.S. lawmakers. (AlertNet)
US Diplomat Sees No Andes Conflict Jan 24, 2008
She is traveling to Medellin, Colombia, with 10 House members. Shannon, assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, told reporters in Washington that the Rice trip seeks to highlight "the important role that Colombia plays in a larger U.S. approach to the Americas.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Viva Latina! Fiorana Launches 'Latina Cut' Premium Denim at WWD MAGIC Jan 19, 2008
Their manufacturing plants are located in Medellin, Colombia and their USA Headquarters are located in Fort Worth, Texas. Fiorana sells direct to apparel boutiques, department stores, and provides private label jeans. (PR Newswire)
Little optimism after releases Jan 12, 2008
By Jeremy McDermott BBC News, Medellin ... "Look, it took six years for the Farc (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) to release these women and then only in a cynical attempt to win international support and pressure the president," said Fabio Ramirez, 40, a company executive in Medellin. (BBC News -- Americas)
Colombia rejects foreign missions Jan 9, 2008
By Jeremy McDermott BBC News, Medellin. President Alvaro Uribe has been boosted by the hostage fiasco. (BBC News -- Americas)
Drilling for drama: Oceanside geologist recalls time spent in Colombian jungle Jan 6, 2008
"It was a fascinating life for me as a young man," he said, adding that the area of Medellin where he was sent, is about 5,000 feet in elevation and known as the city of eternal spring ... And in Medellin, Colombia's second largest city after Bogata, McGee also met and fell in love with his wife, Ines, to whom he has now been married for 48 years. (North County Times)
Hopes dashedLosers all round in Colombia's latest hostage drama Jan 4, 2008
By Jeremy McDermott BBC News, Medellin ... "The Farc continue to play with the lives of the hostages and their families," said Beatriz Romero, 36, a teacher in the city of Medellin. (BBC News -- Americas)
Officials: Drug cartel member arrested in Orlando Dec 30, 2007
(AP) -- A member of the Colombian Medellin-based drug cartel who coordinated the kidnapping of an undercover federal agent in 2005 has been arrested, federal authorities said Friday ... A 15-count indictment alleges that Castaneda coordinated the kidnapping of an undercover Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Medellin, Colombia. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Six missing after blast at army base Dec 30, 2007 Explosions on Colombian Army Base Kill 2 Dec 30, 2007 * Families hopeful despite delay in release of hostages Dec 26, 2007 Burger King to open in Colombia Dec 17, 2007 Bancolombia Announces Unconsolidated Net Income of Ps 73,874 Million for the Month of November 2007, Totaling Ps 724,529 Million for the First Eleven Months of 2007 Dec 12, 2007 Bancolombia Announces Donations Dec 5, 2007 Profile: Ingrid Betancourt Dec 1, 2007 See Colombia. Ratify Free Trade Nov 29, 2007 Venezuela Recalls Ambassador to Colombia After Clash Between Chavez, Uribe Nov 28, 2007 Colombia's success can mean larger market for Miss. products Nov 26, 2007 Colombian Uribe boosts tough-guy image over Chavez Nov 24, 2007 A Colombia Comeback Nov 23, 2007 Nothing lost in translation -- Blinn’s Vanegas, Daniel have made adjustments to life in U.S. Nov 14, 2007 Cartagena's close-up Nov 10, 2007 Lincoln: Colombian aid an anchor in populist Latin America Nov 6, 2007 Payoffs from U.S. firms fuel Colombian terror, activists say Oct 30, 2007 Choco, Colombia's Pacific Coast Oct 29, 2007 Colombian Protesters March Against Guerilla Violence Oct 18, 2007 Latin rhythms flavor his jazz Oct 17, 2007 Relea: Pablo Escobar Oct 17, 2007 What's Eating Colombia's President?Washington's close ally in Latin America is railing against judges and journalists who question his political record Oct 17, 2007 Bush Urges Congress to Approve Trade Accords With Latin American Nations Oct 14, 2007 Palacios injured in practice Oct 14, 2007 Ex-Colombian minister convicted in '89 killing Oct 13, 2007 Juanes returns to childhood town in Colombia for unveiling of bronze statue in his likeness Oct 13, 2007 Colombia's First Low Cost Airline Oct 13, 2007 Stone to produce another 'Escobar' Oct 9, 2007 Aero Republica Begins Service to Panama from Bucaramanga, Colombia Oct 9, 2007 Candidates owe us their views on the drug war Oct 9, 2007 Reporter flees Colombia threats Oct 7, 2007 * Freelance reporter leaving Colombia over death threats Oct 7, 2007 Colombia coach takes another look at ngel Oct 4, 2007 Colombia rising above its tragic past, but labor turmoil lingers Oct 4, 2007 Bush Administration Boosts Pressure to Pass Trade Agreement With Colombia Oct 4, 2007 Successful Offering of Bancolombia's Ordinary Notes Sep 27, 2007 The Attorney General's Office Revoked Its Decision to Prosecute Officers of Bancolombia S.A. Sep 26, 2007 Sydney's transport future Sep 25, 2007 Medellin Wonders What Pelosi, Sweeney are Smoking Sep 20, 2007 Illegal immigrants own homes with help of bank loans Sep 18, 2007 Uribe Claims Success in Drug War as He Pushes for U.S.-Colombia Trade Deal Sep 16, 2007 An arrest praised Sep 13, 2007 Alleged cocaine kingpin captured Sep 11, 2007 Most wanted drug dealer captured Sep 11, 2007 Colombian drug lord 'found hiding in bushes' Sep 11, 2007 Cocaine kingpin on FBI's most-wanted list captured in Colombia Sep 11, 2007 'Farc hostage' bodies recovered Sep 10, 2007 Uribe's Failure to Win Congress Signals U.S. Loss of Free Trade Agreements Sep 10, 2007 Colombian Vice President offers advice to Korean hostages Sep 9, 2007 Russia pressed over mercenary Aug 30, 2007 Appointment of the Administrative Vice President of Bancolombia S.A. Aug 30, 2007 Colombia warlord loses benefits Aug 25, 2007 Colombia offers an extradition Aug 25, 2007 Colombia may extradite paramilitary chief to U.S. Aug 25, 2007 Colombia to Offer Up Paramilitary Boss Aug 25, 2007 World: World Tango Championship opens in Brazil Aug 18, 2007 Juanes loves L.A. Aug 18, 2007 Do you tango?Union City presents a tribute to Argentinean music and dance Aug 13, 2007 Latin Stocks Fall on U.S. Hiring Slowdown, Credit Concern; Petrobras Slips Aug 6, 2007 Uribe offers Colombia talks zone Aug 3, 2007 Lembit waits for Ming to make an offer he can't refuse Aug 2, 2007 * Colombia admits to military corruption Aug 1, 2007 Colombia moves to save peace deal Jul 31, 2007 Obituaries in the news Jul 29, 2007 Colombia 'drug baron' sent to US Jul 20, 2007 Bancolombia S.A. Prices Offering Of 8,411,470 American Depository Shares Representing 33,645,880 Preferred Shares Jul 17, 2007
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Six people are missing and eight injured after a series of explosions ripped through an army base in the Colombian city of Medellin on Saturday, army officials said ... Gen. Luis Roberto Pico, head of the army's 7th division in Medellin, said the missing could be inside the incinerated arsenal ... Earlier, Alfredo Munoz, head of civil defense in Medellin, told Caracol Radio that at least two people had been killed during the blasts. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Colombia hostage mission delayed Dec 30, 2007
The BBC's Jeremy McDermott in Medellin says sources in the Colombian government say it wants to regain the initiative with respect to the prisoner exchange and does not want Mr Chavez, who is perceived as being too friendly with the Farc, to hijack negotiations. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Americas)
BOGOTA, Colombia - A series of explosions ripped through an army base in the Colombian city of Medellin on Saturday, killing at least two people and forcing nearby residents to flee ... Fernando Avila told The Associated Press moments before boarding a Medellin-bound plane in Bogota ... Alfredo Munoz, head of Civil Defense in Medellin, told Caracol Radio that at least two people were killed and rescuers evacuated another seven wounded. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
"They will not be freed before Christmas. They have not appeared and for the moment there is nothing," Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba, a mediator in the hostage crisis, said by telephone from Medellin. She said that the release of the three is "certain and will happen," but did not specify when exactly. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
said it has agreed to allow franchise group Kinco S.A. to develop restaurants in the Colombian cities of Medellin and Cali. The first Burger King (NYSE: BKC) store in Medellin is expected to open during the first half of 2008 ... More openings are scheduled for Medellin and Cali in the next two years. (South Florida Business Journal, FL)
MEDELLIN, Colombia, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bancolombia S.A. ("Bancolombia") reported unconsolidated net income of Ps 73,874 million during the past month of November. During November, total net interest income, including investment securities amounted to Ps 177,344 million. (PR Newswire)
MEDELLIN, Colombia, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BANCOLOMBIA S.A. ("Bancolombia") announces that as of today it made donations in a total amount of Ps 14,722,447,991. 85. (PR Newswire)
At the time of his death, he was riding high in the polls, campaigning on a platform of populist reform and zero tolerance towards drug lords such as Pablo Escobar, the notorious head of the Medellin cocaine cartel and the most powerful gangster the world has known ... The Medellin and Cali cartel leaders, he said, had been long-time allies until, from jail, Escobar had two close allies of the Rodriguez brothers brutally tortured and killed for refusing to pay his "taxes" ... He was to be held... (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Not too long ago, Medellin, not Baghdad, was considered the world's most violent city. Now where gun battles between drug gangs once raged in the Santo Domingo-Savio neighborhood sits a shiny new library: a perfect place to enjoy a book, and an even better place to witness the transformation of a city and of an entire country, Colombia, once known as the global capital of murder, kidnap and cocaine. (Time.com)
Colombiana de Tejidos SA, based in Medellin, headed for its steepest two-day fall in 18 months amid concern over its business in Venezuela. Colombia's benchmark stock index fell for a second day, declining 0. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
The city of Medellin was once ground zero for international drug cartel operations, and it had one of the highest homicide rates in the world. Violence there has been reduced to its lowest level in decades. (The Clarion-Ledger)
But in Colombia, the diminutive lawyer and farmer from the mountains outside Medellin is respected as a decisive leader who runs the country much like one of the ranches where he likes to show off his horseback riding skills to guests. At one of his televised town hall meetings, where voters complained that a public works project was behind schedule, the bespectacled Wall Street favorite pulled his mobile phone from his pocket to call a Cabinet minister to express his ire. (Reuters)
MEDELLIN, Colombia-- In what was once the most dangerous neighborhood of this, the world's most notorious city, a Sunday afternoon is a bustling, joyful affair ... Gregory Meeks, part of a congressional delegation visiting from the United States, "they're cooking pizzas, they're eating ice cream, boyfriends and girlfriends are holding hands -- this is amazing, this Medellin! We're supposed to be dodging bullets." ... Medellin's murder rate is now lower than Baltimore's. (Townhall.com)
Vanegas, who hails from Medellin, Colombia, is in her third season with Blinn after redshirting last season due to an injury. Daniel, a true sophomore from Limeira, Brazil, joined the team last season. (Brenham Banner, TX)
After all, Colombia itself has existed, yet not existed, for years; ever-present in headlines especially with drug-and violence-related news from Medellin it has been next to impossible to see it first-hand. Now, both onscreen and as a compelling destination, Cartagena, like Gabo, may finally be returning to the realm of the real. (Globe and Mail)
and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., toured a flower farm in Medellin, once the violent hometown of cocaine dealer Pablo Escobar ... Lincoln said statistics show Medellin's once bloody streets now see a homicide rate closer to Baltimore, a level she described as "manageable." She said money from USAID, which provide humanitarian aid to foreign countries, helped create the flower farm, employing those who might otherwise work harvesting and processing coca leaves. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Less than 5% of the Colombian labor force is unionized, vs. about 14% two decades ago, according to the union-affiliated Escuela Nacional Sindical in Medellin. In recent months, as a negotiated demobilization of Colombia's paramilitaries continued, the question of what corporations did, and are doing, to operate amid the conflict drew sustained attention here. (USA Today -- Money)
A longstanding ecotourism destination of choice for residents of Medellin, Nuqui boasts a dramatic coastline with rocky promontories and stretches of beach ideal for surfing. Boasting numerous award winning eco lodges along the beaches to the north and south of the town, Nuqui is an ideal jumping off point for expeditions and adventures along the Choco coastline. (Suite101.com)
5 million people in the four biggest cities of Bogota, Medellin, Cali and Barranquilla, spokesman Alberto Cantillo said by telephone. The deaths of the lawmakers derailed joint efforts by France and Colombia to negotiate an exchange of prisoners, including French-Colombian former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. citizens. (Yahoo News -- Colombia)
Last year's concert, performed before an estimated 25,000 fans, was part of annual Colombian jazz festival featuring national and international artists that began in Medellin before ending in the capital city of Bogota. "That was an awesome tour, and Colombia is crazy about jazz," said Herwig between classes at Rutgers University, where he teaches jazz trombone, improvisation and arrangement. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Of the current Colombian President, lvaro Uribe, Vallejo says that the chief of the Medellin Cartel idolised him. She states that the (Colombian) leader, as director of civil aeronautics (1980-1982), granted dozens of licences for landing strips and hundreds for aircraft and helicopters on which the drug trafficking infrastructure was built. (Zmag.org)
According to Vallejo, Escobar offered Uribe his helicopter to transport his father and brother, who was injured in the attack, from their farm to Medellin. News reports from the time, describing the failed kidnapping corroborate her account. (Time.com)
The Bush administration plans a series of congressional visits this year to Medellin, a Colombian city that gained notoriety in the 1980s as a drug haven. It also plans a new aid package aimed at beefing up the ability of President Alvaro Uribe to prosecute those accused of killing labor organizers, according to U.S. trade officials. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
The 6-foot-8, 250-pound Medellin, Colombia native was expected to start for Louisville at power forward and also split time at small forward this season. A report on FoxSports Saturday afternoon said it is believed to be a sprained MCL. Fox's Jeff Goodman was in UofL's YUM. (Louisville Sports -- Rivals.com)
Escobar and members of his Medellin cartel feared Galan's victory would mean their extradition from to the United States ... Hundreds of other Colombians died in cartel bomb attacks in Bogota and Medellin. (CNN -- World)
Juanes, whose real name is Juan Esteban Aristizabal Vasquez, was born in Colombia s second-largest city of Medellin, but spent much of his childhood in the small agricultural town where his family has lived for generations. Along with Shakira, Juanes is one of Colombia s most famous musical exports, rising to fame with the hits A Dios Le Pido and La Camisa Negra. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Medellin to Apartado, Monteria, Bucaramanga, Pasto. Cali to Pasto and Monteria. (Suite101.com)
Carnahan has worked for five years on "Killing Pablo." Awareness of the subject was recently heightened by "Medellin," a fictional film that was part of an ongoing storyline in the HBO series "Entourage.". While Carnahan and Yari downplayed a rival's emergence in announcing that their Escobar film was on firm footing, the "Escobar" producers said theirs is an honest depiction of Escobar's rise to become one of the world's richest men by leading the Medellin drug cartel and inflicting terror upon... (Variety)
Aero Republica, Colombia's second-largest domestic carrier, provides service to 12 cities in Colombia, as well as international connectivity with Copa Airlines' Hub of the Americas from the Colombian cities of Bogota, Bucaramanga, Cali, Cartagena and Medellin. Copa Holdings, through its Copa Airlines and Aero Republica operating subsidiaries, is a leading Latin American provider of passenger and cargo service. (PR Newswire)
American assistance helped Colombia, on the brink of becoming a narco-state only a decade ago, crush the monstrous Medellin cartel, disrupt the Cali syndicates, and effectively attack drug-dealing insurgents and paramilitaries. The American public should want to know what those who would be president think of all this. (Human Events Online)
In the book, by Virginia Vallejo and entitled Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar, it is alleged that Mr Uribe had close ties to the head of the Medellin drug cartel. "Ever since Uribe came out defaming me and accusing me, I have been sought after by the hitmen of Colombia, and there are a lot of them in Colombia," Mr Guillen said. (BBC News -- Americas)
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Tuesday accused the 55-year-old journalist of ghostwriting a book by a former mistress of the late drug lord Pablo Escobar that alleges Uribe was a friend of the Medellin cocaine cartel. "Behind this lady is Gonzalo Guillen who has dedicated his journalistic career to infamy and lies," the president, who has repeatedly denied any ties to Escobar, said on radio. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Angel, who played for his hometown club of Nacional of Medellin before moving to River Plate in Argentina and then Aston Villa, was relegated to bench earlier this year in England. His transfer to the United States has revitalized his career. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
By David J. Lynch, USA TODAY MEDELLIN, Colombia In a city long synonymous with murder and mayhem, the neighborhood of Santo Domingo Savio was among the most deadly precincts ... An astonishing turnaround, in fact, has slashed Medellin's murder rate to less than one-tenth the 1991 figure and planted hope where despair once thrived ... He got a job selling lottery tickets on a street corner, part of a booming trade in Medellin, but one controlled by paramilitaries. (USA Today -- Money)
The administration plans a series of congressional visits this year to Medellin, a Colombian city that gained notoriety in the 1980s as a drug haven ... For example, Medellin, once the most dangerous city in the world, brought its murder rate down to 29 per 100,000 last year from 381 per 100,000 in 1991, Gutierrez wrote. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
MEDELLIN, Colombia, Sept. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- -- The first issuance and offering of Bancolombia's Ordinary Notes was for an aggregate principal amount of Ps 400 billion. -- The lead coordinator and lead book-running manager for the transaction was Banca de Inversion Bancolombia S.A. Corporacion Financiera. (PR Newswire)
MEDELLIN, Colombia, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, the Attorney General's Office (Fiscal Delegado) of the Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justicia), upon an appeal, revoked the previous decision of the Attorney General's Office, dated January 4, 2007 and decided not to prosecute the President and the Executive Vice President of Bancolombia S.A. (Bancolombia) in connection with events relating to the acquisition of Banco de Colombia by Banco Industrial Colombiano (BIC) and... (PR Newswire)
Despite the country's problems its two largest cities, Medellin and Bogota have implemented efficient, fast, integrated public transport networks. Makes you wonder what the NSW Labor does with all those corrupting dollars it receives from companies. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Is there a town in the world with a reputation worse than Medellin's ... In the HBO series ``Entourage,'' the characters are obsessed with capturing the evil of Pablo Escobar in a film called ``Medellin,'' chronicling his rise to head the drug cartel that ruled the city ... Their underlying hesitation is simple: If Medellin is in Colombia, then Colombia is too dangerous to trade with. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Instead, he and his family scrimped to build a $70,000 three-bedroom flat in the Colombian city of Medellin, with sparkling views of the city's hills ... He still owns the apartment in Medellin, but had to rent it to someone else. (Boston Globe)
At the beginning of a closed-door meeting with Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and American lawmakers today near Medellin, Uribe boasted of the capture of Diego Montoya, one of the country's biggest drug dealers, and pledged to extradite him to the U.S. ... Meeks and other lawmakers suggested that Uribe send the mayor of Medellin, Sergio Fajordo, to Washington to lobby for the accord, along with five labor leaders whom they met. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Still, top U.S. military and law enforcement officials were clearly pleased by the Colombian army's arrest of Montoya, saying it was the most powerful blow to the cartels' leadership since Medellin trafficker Pablo Escobar was killed in 1993 and the Cali-based Rodriguez Orejuela brothers were captured in 1995. "It was like getting Al Capone at the height of Prohibition," Adm. (Los Angeles Times)
Colombian officials called it their biggest drug war victory since the 1993 slaying of Medellin cartel leader Pablo Escobar. Washington welcomed the news. (Los Angeles Times)
Colombian officials called it their biggest drug war victory since the 1993 slaying of Medellin cartel leader Pablo Escobar ... The Norte del Valle cartel rose in the mid-1990s from the ashes of the once dominant Medellin and Cali gangs, paying for drugs and protection from both far-right paramilitaries and leftist rebels. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Colombian authorities called the capture of Diego Montoya their biggest drug war victory since the 1993 slaying of Medellin cartel leader Pablo Escobar. Montoya, who sits with Osama bin Laden on the FBI's ten most-wanted list, allegedly leads the Norte del Valle cartel, Colombia's most powerful and dangerous trafficking organisation, which has shipped hundreds of tons of cocaine to the United States since the early 1990s. (Scotsman)
BOGOTA (Colombia): Colombian soldiers entered the stronghold of America's most-wanted drug trafficker and arrested him without incident on a small farm, achieving what authorities described as the biggest drug war victory since Medellin Cartel leader Pablo Escobar was gunned down in 1993 ... The Norte del Valle cartel rose in the mid-1990s from the ashes of the Medellin and Cali cocaine cartels, paying for drugs and protection from both far-right paramilitaries and leftist rebels ... The... (Times of India)
The BBC's Jeremy McDermott in Medellin says the Farc have never hidden their admiration for the controversial Venezuelan leader and if anyone can prompt them to make concessions, it's him - but it comes too late for the murdered politicians. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Americas)
They are spreading the message that Colombia is no longer the narco-state of infamous drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, who became one of the world's richest men in the 1980s and was killed by police in 1993 in Medellin. Gutierrez and the U.S. lawmakers will visit Medellin this week to meet labor leaders. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
In 1990, Santos, a young editor at El Tiempo, the country's leading newspaper, which was owned by his prominent family, was kidnapped by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, leader of the Medellin drug cartel. Along with ten other journalists, he was held for nearly eight months, as part of an unsuccessful attempt to pressure the Colombian government not to extradite Escobar and other members of the cartel to the United States to face drug charges. (Korea Herald, Korea)
Klein was convicted of training a cadre of killers for the Medellin drug cartel ... The Colombian authorities say Klein was hired by the Medellin cartel of drug lord Pablo Escobar, which set up a training school for paramilitaries and assassins in Colombia ... He was finally tracked down and shot dead by police in Medellin in 1993. (BBC News -- Europe)
MEDELLIN, Colombia, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a meeting held today, the Board of Directors of BANCOLOMBIA S.A. ("Bancolombia"), appointed Mr. Augusto Restrepo Gomez as Administrative Vice President. Mr. Restrepo will take office as legal representative of Bancolombia once authorized by the Superintendency of Finance of Colombia. (PR Newswire)
Meanwhile another paramilitary leader, Diego Fernando Murillo, also known as Don Berna, has also been transferred to Combita, while the government investigates his activities while in prison near Medellin. Jimenez commanded what is thought to be Colombia's largest paramilitary group, the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC). (BBC News)
The government said that Carlos Mario Jimenez, alias "Macaco," had become the first paramilitary leader to be excluded from the peace process because he continued to direct drug-trafficking operations from his cell in Itagui prison near Medellin. "As the government has always said, these gentlemen are being watched," said Interior Minister Carlos Holguin at a news conference in Bogota, the capital. (Los Angeles Times)
One of the remaining warlords held in Itagui prison near Medellin, Francisco Zuluaga, said the commanders remained committed to the peace agreement. Organized in the 1980s, the paramilitaries are accused of some of the worst massacres in conflict as they pushed back guerrillas, snatched land and killed in the name of counterinsurgency, often in collusion with state forces. (CNN -- World)
Jimenez was moved Friday from the Itagui prison near the western city of Medellin, where more than 50 paramilitary leaders are being held, to a maximum security prison closer to the capital, Bogota. . (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
The level of competition gets better every year, said Edis Aleida Villa, 29, of Medellin, Colombia. Aleida and her dance partner, 27-year-old Daniel Martinez, banged out sharp, staccato dance steps and leaped across an exhibition center floor in the Stage Tango category, which is characterized by balletic, acrobatic choreography. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
For the past year, Juanes has been holed up in his mountain retreat high above the city of Medellin, working in solitude at his home studio late into the night. In February, he was back at Santaolalla's Echo Park studio, La Casa, with a new batch of songs, this time on a hard drive. (Los Angeles Times)
Over the years, Vasquez has performed in venues across the United States, as well as in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Medellin, Colombia. He also produced and created several tango shows including "The Son of Tango.". (Union City Reporter, NJ)
Brokerage Interbolsa SA lowered its share price forecasts for the Medellin, Colombia-based fabric maker to 53. 35 pesos from 74. (Bloomberg)
The humble schoolteacher from a remote town by the Ecuadorian border has taken Colombia by storm, says the BBC's Jeremy McDermott in Medellin. Farc demand. (BBC News -- Americas)
from The Independent & The Independent on Sunday. Lembit waits for Ming to make an offer he can't refuse. (Independent)
The two luxury apartments in Medellin -- valued at almost US$13 million -- were raided by order of the Prosecutor's Office as part of the government's campaign to compensate some 9,000 victims of paramilitary violence over the past 20 years, the official said. The items found in the apartments, one of which belonged to Castano's brother Carlos -- whom Vicente allegedly ordered to be killed to take over his organization -- will be sold to raise funds for the victims. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Antonio Lopez, a spokesman for the AUC speaking in the western city of Medellin, said the paramilitaries will rejoin the process to demonstrate their "unflinching commitment" to the country. Sunday's reversal comes six days after leaders of the paramilitary umbrella group known as the AUC halted testimonies in protest of a Supreme Court ruling that went against the 2003 peace pact that led 31,000 right-wing irregulars to disarm. (Aljazeera.Net)
As head of the New Liberal party in the lower house of congress, Villamizar blocked attempts backed by Escobar s Medellin cartel to pass a constitutional amendment forbidding extradition. In retaliation, Escobar placed Villamizar on a lengthy, publicized hit list of adversaries including other politicians, judges, journalists and police for whose murder he offered huge sums. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Norte del Valle became Colombia's most powerful drugs organisation after the dismantling of the Medellin and Cali cartels in the 1980s and early 1990s. The head of Colombia's judicial police, Colonel Cesar Pinzon, said Mr Gomez was the "capo of capos". (BBC News -- Americas)
MEDELLIN, Colombia, July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bancolombia S.A. (the "Bank") (NYSE: ) today announced that it has priced its public offering of 8,411,470 American Depositary Shares ("ADSs"), representing 33,645,880 preferred shares (the "Equity Offering"), at US$ 33. 25 per ADS amounting to US$ 279. (PR Newswire)
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