Economy

The dialogue that was scheduled yesterday between the Government —headed by the Minister of Transportation, Guillermo Reyes— and the 26 leaders who are part of the taxi drivers' strike committee lasted only 20 minutes. For this reason, the call for the summoned mobilization could not be reversed. The trade union representatives got up from the table due to what they considered “lack of guarantees”. They also expressed that they felt disrespect towards the taxi industry.“A few hours before we were summoned to this meeting, and more than 45 days have passed since the Government has the points that lead us…

Four entities, two private and two public, made a million-dollar bet to conserve one of the largest water sources in the country, the Chingaza páramoto which they will invest more than 5,700 million pesos in the next three years.(Also read: When will you be able to receive the 500,000 Social Prosperity Bonus?) Bavaria, the Mayor's Office of Bogotá, the Government of Cundinamarca and the Santo Domingo Foundation joined forces around that purpose, which seeks to protect more than 2,100 hectares of this ecosystem.The mobilization of these resources will be carried out within the framework of 'miPáramo', a program that has…

Publicly traded companies will obtain their financial results for the fourth quarter of 2022. Yesterday it was the turn of Argos and Mining Cement. Both reported to the Financial Superintendence an increase in their income but a drop in their profits.(You can also read: Latam offers Viva re-accommodation for its passengers: this is what it proposes) At the end of 2022, Argos Cement there was a record high in terms of consolidated revenue, with a total of 11.7 trillion pesos, which represents a growth of 19 percent compared to 2021.However, the net profit for the year was 214,814 million pesos,…

Following the boost that worker-owned savings arose for the last quarter of 2022, the results at the end of last January contributed to accentuate the growing trend that these resources brought since, only in that month, they recorded profits of 14 billion pesos. According to figures from Asofondos, total savings, which are owned by more than 18.5 million contributing workers, reached 360 billion pesos. The profits weigh close to 70 percent within the total of the worker savings.(Also read: The warnings of former President César Gaviria to the pension reform) "The data from recent months have given a positive turn…