Conflicts and negotiations between the flour entrepreneurs of the Andean region and the Colombian Caribbean coast, 1904-1912

Abstract

This article discusses the political relations which were woven between the flour entrepreneurs of Cartagena and Barranquilla, and the political views of Rafael Reyes and Carlos E. Restrepo between 1904 and 1912. It also examines the tensions that arose between the Caribbean Coast entrepreneurs and those of Bogota, whom, everyone on each side, defended their own business interests, when facing the economic politics of those years. The center of these economical tensions has as an epicenter the production and distribution of flour, in this sense, the debate on this matter, recreates the rivalries that took place since the end of the colonial era and revives the confrontations for markets, politics and the implemented economic model in the country during 1904 and 1914.