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Cooking Good At El Supermercado Carulla. A group of eight women are seated around Chef Maria Camilla Rua on an overcast October Monday morning. They lean forward to hear Rua's secret to great paella, a rice dish from Spain that often includes meat and seafood. It's using the right rice," said Rua, as she poured a semi pre-cooked product of rice into a pan on the stove top. The women nodded in agreement and took notes. The event was billed as an "event of gastronomy" and featured wine, cheese, meats and g...
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Artist Feels Colors At Work. Jaime Eduardo Toro likes to take his time before putting paint to canvass or paper. But the 32-year-old didn't have that luxury on Monday, March 4. That day, Toro was featured on TeleMedellin's "Mananas con vos." Toro's charge was to complete a painting in three hours on live TV. The tight timetable, however, didn't bother him. He finished with 30 minutes to spare. TeleMedellin has been his only employer since he graduated from the Instituto de Artes de Medellin eight years a...
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A Slice of Italy in Medellin. From a portable pizza oven on wheels 10 years ago, to what is a thriving Italian restaurant today. That's the history of Opera Pizza. But the moral of this story, other than authentic Italian cuisine will always be popular, is that five transplanted Italians have found happiness in Medellin- a city that has accepted its owners and their business with open arms. Pizza represents about two-thirds of Opera's business, according to Ferdinando Dada, who joined as business manager...
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Balancing Act: Two Balls, Three Machetes. Perched atop a unicycle on Medellin's busiest drag, the street performer bangs three silver machetes against each other. Motorists stopped at the traffic light now understand the danger of the trick he is about to perform. Read more: Balancing Act: Two Balls, Three Machetes. A Taste of Old Antioquia. Read more: A Taste of Old Antioquia. Search for Real Estate. Cooking Good At El Supermercado Carulla. Balancing Act: Two Balls, Three Machetes.
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A Helping Hand for Startups. Good people who possess a strong entrepreneurial spirit. That is the primary driver behind why a 25-year-old American is doing his part to make Medellin a hub for tech startups and other new economy businesses. It is a labor of love, Egusa said, whose goal is grow the entrepreneurial community in Medellin. We never looked at it as something that is purely for profit. Software companies make up about 80 percent of the tenants at Espacio, and their products mostly targe...About...
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Bringing Colombian Guacamole Worldwide. Luis Fernando Gonzalez is confident his export research will soon pay off for Colombian growers of avocados and other produce in Antioquia. For avocado farmers, that would mean their harvest would be in the hearts, minds and stomachs of U.S. consumers on Super Bowl Sunday- -the day when more guacamole dip is eaten than any other. Read more: Bringing Colombian Guacamole Worldwide. Read more: Carmelites Win Converts. Search for Real Estate. A Helping Hand for Startups.
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The hustle-and-bustle of prospective homebuyers filled the halls at the recent Expo-Inmobiliaria fair. This confab for real estate buyers and construction firms, which ran from March 1-3 at the Plaza Mayor-Convention Center, came as Medellin and surrounding municipalities have been in the midst of a hot housing market. Read more: Homebuyers Fill Expo-Inmobiliaria. Search for Real Estate. Cooking Good At El Supermercado Carulla. Balancing Act: Two Balls, Three Machetes. Three Statues for Mother Laura.
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Three Statues for Mother Laura. The canonization of Mother Laura Montoya, a native of the state of Antioquia, was a jubilant celebration here in Medellin and a point of national pride for a country that is 90 percent Roman Catholic. Her message to help the needy impacted a young seminarian in a special way years after her death in 1949. Today, Father Eduardo Toro is the pastor of La Nina Maria parish in Envigado-a stone's throw from the Poblado border in Medellin. Medellin Named Top Innovative City.
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Balancing Act: Two Balls, Three Machetes. Perched atop a unicycle on Medellin's busiest drag, the street performer bangs three silver machetes against each other. Motorists stopped at the traffic light now understand the danger of the trick he is about to perform. On Poblado Avenue, where Medellin meets neighboring Envigado, a blindfolded man in his early 30s on a unicycle is about to juggle three machetes, while balancing two balls. Three more clangs of the machetes, and the street artist begins. I stud...
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