March 2, 2021
Colombia’s most powerful bankers have converted some of the country’s leading news media in platforms that defend the interests of suspected mafia figures.
Newspaper El Tiempo on Sunday published a column by former chief prosecutor Nestor Humberto Martinez, who resigned last year after the war crimes tribunal ordered an investigation into his alleged criminal activity.
Weekly Semana published an editorial in which the magazine urged to drop a fraud and bribery investigation against former President Alvaro Uribe despite compelling evidence.
Bankers or criminals?
The two news outlets have become increasingly outspoken in their support of alleged criminals after they were bought by Colombia’s two richest man, bankers Luis Carlos Sarmiento and Jaime Gilinski.
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February 18, 2021
The power of Colombia’s president depends on his ability to manage the sometimes opposing interests of those who really control the country, like business associations.
While formally a democracy, all presidents of the 21st century have had no choice but to balance serving the public interest with private and even criminal interests.
This unstable balance of power is partly due to the country’s political history and culture, and partly a consequence of the country’s armed conflict.
The origin
The root of the problem is Colombia’s historically weak state, which has never allowed it to stand alone without support.
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The 5 Latin American countries with the most billionaires
The largest number of billionaires in the region reside in these Latin American countries.
These are some of the billionaires who live in the most populated cities in Latin America. / Photo: Flickr-Edans, Yahoo
LatinAmerican Post | Juan Manuel Bacallado
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According to the latest report by Forbes, a medium specialized in financial matters,
in 2020 a total of 2,095 billionaires were registered worldwide, where the pandemic did not go unnoticed since 226 people left the list and 51% of those present have less money than the previous year. As for the countries where these people reside, the United States is the place with the most billionaires as in the other years, with 614 rich people living in this country, China is the second with 456 (including Hong Kong and Macao), both have a notable difference with the third place, which is Germany with 107.