politics
diciembre 29, 2025
La dupla de la libertad
Por Luis Guillermo Vélez Álvarez - [email protected]

TL;DR
- Modern dictatorships gain power by centralizing authority and weakening institutions, not through overt force.
- Federalism is presented as the last institutional defense against tyranny.
- Antioquia, led by Governor Andrés Julián Rendón and Mayor Federico Andrés Gutiérrez, is actively exercising territorial autonomy.
- The region has independently financed projects like the Metro de la 80 and the purchase of new Metro trains due to national government non-compliance.
- Antioquia also took financial responsibility for the Túnel del Toyo when the national government was inactive.
- The region pursued legal stability and defended EPM during the Hidroituango crisis, contrasting with the national government's politicization.
- Antioquia emphasizes law, authority, order, and freedom in contrast to the national government's security policies.
- Regional autonomy and the ability to resist central control are framed as essential for freedom and democracy.