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Medellin (pronounced Medday-heen) and its tributary towns of the Aburra Valley are the seat of the three major Colombian textile concerns-Coltejer, Fabricate, and Tejicondor. The Medellin tobacco industry is a monopoly. In Medellin, far from the Magdalena, a new skyscraper is going up to house the Antioquian company that dominates Magdalena River shipping. Most of Colombia's investments in gold, all in oil and steel, the bulk of the coffee trade have their homes in Medellin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latin America: Roaring Free Enterprise | 2/17/1947 | See Source »

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