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From the Convention Center in Cartagena it takes place the 58th Asobancaria Convention (Colombian Banking and Financial Entities Association), the representative union of the Colombian financial sector. This event, in addition to bringing together bankers, businessmen and investors, invites government officials, journalists and interested citizens.
President Gustavo Petro is one of the special guests and will give a speech at the closing of the event. YesIt was surprising among the attendees that the president arrived on time to the closing meeting where Jonathan Malagón, president of Asobancaria, spoke.
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This meeting of the banking union has produced several news, keynote speeches or forums in which different officials, former officials and journalists participated.
The participation of Vicky Dávila
One of the most attended conferences was that of the director of Semana magazine, Vicky Dávila. The audience didn’t have room for a soul. As the ambassador in London, Roy Barreras, said later, “I see so many congressmen that Congress could well meet here today.”
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Some were struck by the fact that a journalist was invited to give a keynote lecture, first because journalists in these types of events usually have the role of moderators of panels or interviewers.and second because the usual panel dynamics in this type of conventions mean that there are few cases in which they give a speaker the privilege of giving his individual conference to the public.
In fact, in this 58th edition of the Banking Convention, only that of the former Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence, was scheduled; that of the manager of the Bank of the Republic, Leonardo Villar, and that of the dean of public policies at the London School Of Economics.
Important figures such as the former presidents of Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, and of Colombia, Iván Duque, for example, shared the stage in a talk moderated precisely by the former mayor of Bogotá, Claudia López.
Additionally, the director of Dapre, Laura Sarabia, participated in one of the forums, referring to “respect for institutions,” interpreted as a response to Dávila about the case of the “chuzadas” against the ñiñera Marelbys Meza, since the In his speech, the journalist mentioned that case and the role of the official.
“Democracy is protected and defended when institutions are respected. My call is to respect the presidential dignity, Congress and the Judiciary, which must fulfill their duty,” Sarabia said.
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