Investments and Business

If Colombia wants to reduce the social gaps, improve the quality of life of its citizens and become a country that generates permanent wealth, which can be irrigated towards the most needy and vulnerable sectors, not only It must ensure that there is joint and coordinated work between the State and the business sector: This union must take place under a scenario of consensus and a frank dialogue that allows the efficient participation of all.(Also read: The largest companies, the ones that sold the most and the ones that won or lost in 2022) This is part of the formula…

Upon leaving the presidency of Banco de Bogotá, Alejandro Figueroa Jaramillo, whom many classify as an entire institution, ends up as the architect of a transformation since 1988, when he assumed the reins of the entity. However, as he once told EL TIEMPO, transformation “never ends. By the time you feel satisfied, you are not challenging yourself enough. Throughout my career as president of the bank, this has always been my philosophy”.(Also read: Grupo Aval announces replacements in the presidencies of the Bogotá and Occidente banks) Figueroa Jaramillo culminates this stage as the banker with the longest experience in the…

Norbey Lombana owns the El Puente workshop, in Guaduas, Cundinamarca. Érika Salgado is a manager at the Alitaz restaurant in Calarcá, Quindío, and Jorge Pérez is a small food manufacturer in Bogotá. No one knows the other, but all three complain about the same thing: the bad behavior of their respective business so far this year. Similar testimonials are the norm today in a good number of companies from the most diverse sectors and sizes. According to the Joint Industrial Opinion Survey prepared by Andi together with other unions, and whose report with data up to April would be released…

He has not mincing words. She had never had them. And at just 80 years of age and a long experience behind him, he thinks that more than retiring, he can continue helping to build, especially in these times of crisis that he knows well. Just two months ago she was the Minister of Agriculture of the Petro government, but she was one of those who came out in the midst of the President's shock. Now, already in the distance and as leader of the Cisoe think tank, he breaks his silence. (Also read: President Gustavo Petro will declare an…