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The Center for Economic Studies ANIF and the Americas Society / Council of the Americas are currently holding an international seminar at the Club El NOgal in Bogotál 'The Colombian Economy, how are we doing at this moment?, conference that this year has the participation of senior government officials from President Gustavo Petro's economic team, as well as international and local experts, to discuss the economic future of the country.(Also read: In Colombia, while international air passengers grow, local travelers fall) Speakers include Susan Segal, President and CEO of the Americas Society/Council of the Americas; Mauricio Santa María, President of…

The movement of passengers by air in the first half of the year remains in Colombia without much variation compared to the records of 2022 in general terms. However, when looking at this behavior in detail, it is found that, while the mobilization of the internationals had a strong rebound, the locals showed a marked decrease. (Also read: Faced with a slowdown, the Ministry of Finance announces a boost to public works) According to figures from the Civil Aeronautics, in the first six months of 2023 about 23 million people were mobilized by air, thus maintaining the rate observed a…

A few years ago buying a car was something relatively simple, only a few variables were taken into account: price, maintenance cost, consumption and mechanical features. Now that there is talk that the car is a 'computer on wheels', 'infotainment' is the protagonist of the first order. If before the vehicles were divided between gasoline and diesel engines, now the division is between Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. In practice, both systems do the same thing, transferring the functions of a smartphone to the screens of car radios. The first is a Google development and the second belongs to Apple,…

Six highway concessionaires were fined by the Superintendency of Industry and Transportation for failing to comply with the deadline stipulated to implement the electronic collection of tolls for their cargo, which expired on October 30. Due to said non-compliance with the norm BTS Concessionaire, Autopistas de la Sabana, Cartagena Road Concession, Montes de María Concession, Vial del Pacífico Concessionaire and Río Pamplonita Road Union, they will have to pay a sum of 152,000 million pesos.(Also read: Mintransporte clarifies how the restriction for private cars will work). Ayda Lucy Ospina Arias, Superintendent of Transportation, the entity is accompanied by the concessions…