Former US President Bill Clinton Arrives In Medellín For IDB Assembly

Bill Clinton Arrives in Rionegro Army Base

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton arrives in Medellin, Colombia for the annual meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank Assembly.

President Clinton and IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno will lead a public dialogue on the global economic crisis and development on Saturday, March 28, at 6:00 p.m., at Plaza Mayor.

Medellín’s Plaza Mayor Convention Center and Exhibition Hall
Medellín’s four-year-old Plaza Mayor is Colombia’s most modern convention and conference complex, situated in the city’s administrative and cultural epicenter and readily accessible from the main hotel and tourist hubs.

In the wake of the boom sparked by this facility’s construction, Medellín is emerging as a new business event destination. The city now can play host to high-profile gatherings like the recent Thirty-eighth General Assembly of the Organization of American States.


Plaza Mayor Convention Center

Framed by beautiful Medellín cityscapes, the Plaza Mayor Convention Center offers all the requisite services and amenities for the Fiftieth Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank and Twenty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Investment Corporation.



Medellin Mayor, Alfonso Salazaar offers former US President Bill Clinton a violin created by Edgar Arboleda hand made in Medellin at Empresa Cultural para la Fabricación de Instrumentos Musicalesas.


Former US President Bill Clinton and Medellín Mayor Alfonso Salazaar

As founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation, the former president is working on a wide range of global issues that call for urgent action, creative solutions and measurable results. In addition to the IDB Annual Meeting, President Clinton will visit projects of the Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative.

The IDB, the leading source of long-term financing for economic and social development for Latin America and the Caribbean, is marking the 50th anniversary of its establishment this year.

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