Business Coffee Break: CARIBBEAN VOTE

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This project emerged as an idea for practicing English in a comfortable, ralaxing and easy way, taking in count the difficulties that English learners have trying to get envolved with it in a Spanish context, and as our field is management and business, what better than talks about the most important economic topics aside the best friend a colombian can have: a cup of coffee.

This way, the first Business Coffee break was organized on febreury 17th with the presence of the organizers: Lilia Mendoza, Delanis Caicedo, Cristina Perez y Carlos Rebolledo.

About BCB

Around the world, there are an estimated 1 Billion people learning English. There are many reasons why learning English has seen exponential growth in recent years, but it all boils down to the fact that English is the “global language” of business, politics, international relations, culture, and entertainment. Because of this, students and teachers from faculty of management, economic and accounting sciences decided to share knowledge and experiences of the most important business topics in this foreign language, just with a cup of coffee...

CARIBBEAN VOTE

11:38 / Publicado por Dela Caicedo /

"Caribbean Vote.For the Power of Our Region. For the constitution of the Caribbean region as a territorial entity of public law, with autonomy, to promote economic and social development of our territory within the state and the Colombian Constitution."

The National Electoral Council unanimously adopted the Pedagogical Caribbean Vote consultation, which will allow the 14th March people across the Caribbean coast can decide if they want to become a region as autonomous territorial entity, which continues to generate controversy elsewhere, because some believe that this means a step to independence of this important area of the country.

CNE President Marco Emilio Hincapie, explained that "the Board has conditioned the consultation that the question be included on the ballot to the electoral process should be reviewed in advance by this entity."

It has also denied the possibility that the Coast could become a kind of federal system in the secession-minded Colombian territory, as happened in 1903 with the separation of Panama.

David Sanchez Juliao, the country recognized writer and expert in communications and sociology told RCN Radio that the natural divisón regions contradicts the political divide. The Caribbean region is beyond the Caribbean itself. "This is not separation but autonomy and Spain is a clear example," Sanchez said Juliao.

He also said that "the Caribbean coast of Colombia is integrated since the birth of Colombia as a country and a country of regions and the country's wealth lies in the existence of these natural regions therefore need to recognize themselves and establish their otherness to this inter-regional dialogue that is the only way to combat the centralization and build the country, "he said.

LEGAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ARGUMENTS...

The initiative was delivered late last year in Santa Marta to President Álvaro Uribe, a 29-page document in which he outlined the legal arguments, economic, social and political about the advantages of the proposed region. The head of state said he would maintain prudence.

Among the economic and social justifications of the proposed coastal governors submitted to President Uribe is the objection that they do to the allocation criteria of the National General Budget, ensuring generates a structural gap in the Caribbean. While Costa receives 617,728 pesos to meet each of their poor, Bogota gives more than double: 1'395 .238 pesos. "When discussing the budget in September of the Nation and each ministry has decided in committees distribution function of investment," says the paper, as figures showing the decline in the allocation of funds from the 2010 budget for departments such as La Guajira cut to 24.4 per cent compared to 2009, in contrast to Caldas with increase of 53 percent.

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