The Gilinskis test the GEA culture of discretion
The advance of the Gilinski to enter the Grupo Empresarial Antioqueño —GEA— continues.
This week the Financial Superintendence authorized a new offer to buy more shares of the Sura group, where they already have a 25 percent stake.
One of the things that is definitely going to change is the way in which the Antioquia economic elites grouped in the GEA had traditionally had an almost hegemonic influence on political power in that region. They are seen by many analysts as power in the shadows.
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How desirable is it or not that this happens for democracy and what are the reasons in each case?
To answer this question, La Silla Académica interviewed Néstor Restrepo, professor at the Department of Social Communication at EAFIT University and author of the chapter "Clientelism in Antioquia: its patronage networks and feudal patronage" from the book "Clientelism, patronage and corruption in Colombia and Mexico" from the editorial of the Universidad del Norte.
And to Angelika Rettberg, professor at the Department of Political Science at the Universidad de los Andes and author of the article “Building the history of Colombian business. An analysis of Antioquia Entrepreneurship and society, 1940-2004".