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Crisis is a word that the Royal Spanish Academy of Language defines as "profound change with important consequences in a process or situation". Undoubtedly, the term reflects the sentiment that has spread through various sectors of the Colombian economy as a result of decisions already adopted by the Petro administration or readjustments that it wants to promote.After the lethargy typical of the Christmas season and the start of the year, the signs of momentous transformations appeared from the second week of January. in such a way, areas such as road infrastructure, hydrocarbons and electricity, entered a state of alert.(Also read:…

In addition to being the founder and director of the Growth Laboratory at Harvard University and a professor at the Kennedy School of Government at the same academic institution, Ricardo Hausmann is a great connoisseur of the Colombian reality. Born in Venezuela and author of countless texts, he will arrive in the national territory next week to talk, among other topics, about the so-called 'green transition'. About, The academic maintains that for most countries the emphasis of their development policies should be to help decarbonize the planet, not from the point of view of reducing their own emissions, but rather…

30 years ago, Colombia suffered one of its worst energy crises. From 1992 to 1993, during the government of César Gaviria, the El Niño phenomenon led the country to droughts, a low level of hydroelectric power reservoirs and, due to infrastructure failures, a crisis that lasted for a year. year.Even to counteract the effects of power cuts, the Government made the decision to advance the clocks in the country by one hour to take advantage of daylight.(You can also read: Creg responds to Petro: 'Regulatory bodies must be independent') That crisis was the basis of the regulatory framework for the…

To this day, rhodium is the most valuable natural metal in the world. With a market price of 11,000 dollars for a single ounce (almost 50 million pesos). And, at its best, it has been worth 10 times more than gold and fourteen times more than platinum.The increase in demand for rhodium is closely related to the search for efficient and non-polluting technologies: it is the basis, for example, of artificial photosynthesis. However, the Earth does not understand markets or remedies, and does not make it easy. Rhodium only exists in very few places on the planet, geologically unique regions,…