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Condensing the most urgent needs that citizens have between now and 2026 in the Development Plan of the government of Gustavo Petro has not been an easy task for Jorge Iván Gónzalez, director of the National Planning Department (DNP). In these months he received more than 1,100 proposals that he had to reduce to 300 articles. In fact, in the last 24 hours before filing the document in Congress, he had to say that there are not many requests and sectors, that now in the discussion that is coming in Congress to convert this roadmap into law, it could be…

The electricity sector launched a new alert due to the lag that exists in the entry of new generation projects and that could make the possibility of energy rationing in the country more visible. In addition, this is one of the causes that has led Colombians to have to pay more expensive rates. (Also read: Electric mobility bets on cargo transport in Colombia) At the end of 2022, the installed capacity of the National Interconnected System (SIN) increased to 18,777 megawatts due to the start-up of 25 plants, which contributed an additional 995 MW.However, this capacity could be even greater…

Condensing the most urgent needs that citizens have between now and 2026 in the Development Plan of the government of Gustavo Petro has not been an easy task for Jorge Iván Gónzalez, director of the National Planning Department (DNP). In these months he received more than 1,100 proposals that he had to reduce to 300 articles. In fact, in the last 24 hours before filing the document in Congress, he had to say that there are not many requests and sectors, that now in the discussion that is coming in Congress to convert this roadmap into law, it could be…

Friday was another day full of complications for María Caraballo. Like every morning, he left his house located in the municipality of Guamal, in the department of Magdalena, crossed the 'Heroes del Botón de Leyva' bridge, which passes over the so-called 'great river of the homeland', and went to his I work in the neighboring town of Mompox, in Bolívar. But he couldn't get there on time. “I was affected because at the height of a hamlet called Guataca there is a roadblock that prevents any type of vehicle from passing through,” he explains. “Then I have to find a…