Water is slowly returning to Colombia’s second largest river, but fears persist that chronic corruption and mismanagement at the Hidroituango dam project could spur another disaster. Tens of thousands of…
Colombia’s second largest river, the Cauca, virtually dried up on Tuesday after Medellin energy company EPM closed the provisional water discharge of the country’s largest hydroelectric dam project. Against the…
Medellin public utilities company EPM on Wednesday successfully finished the first leg of an operation to prevent the failure of the construction of the country’s largest hydro-electric dam. The company…
Colombia’s largest hydroelectric dam will evacuate to investigate a sinkhole which could collapse the entire structure or its supporting mountain. Populations downstream could face catastrophic flooding: Puerto Valdivia is on…
Medellin energy company EPM issued a red alert on Thursday after it found severe damage inside Hidroituango, Colombia’s largest hydroelectric dam, that could cause the dam to fail. According to…
Two alleged members of the FARC’s dissident 36th Front were killed on Wednesday after they opened fire on buses that had taken journalists and engineers to a hydroelectric dam in…
Medellin is forced to cut down on its iconic Christmas decorations this year. Energy company EPM is in financial trouble after failing to timely finish a major hydro-electric dam. Christmas…
Colombia’s authorities are preparing for a possible rupture of the country’s largest hydro-electric dam. Whether builders can finish Hidroituango, the hydro-electric dam that was supposed to provide 20% of Colombia’s…
Medellin will likely have to cut expenses to mitigate the consequences of energy company EPM’s struggle to deliver a $4 billion hydroelectric dam, according to the city’s finance secretary. The…