Inversión privada en servicios públicos: el caso del alumbrado eléctrico de Bogotá y Medellín. 1880-1918
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El presente trabajo explica el por qué los comerciantes colombianos del siglo XIX, en cuyas manos estuvo fundamentalmente el proceso de acumulación de capítal-dínero, se dieron a la tarea de invertir en el sector de servicios públicos. Se restringe el análisis al caso concreto del montaje y operación del servicio de alumbrado eléctrico en las ciudades de Bogotá y Medellín pues en los otros centros urbanos importantes de Colombia este servicio estuvo en manos del capital extranjero. A lo largo de la exposición se puede observar el denso entramado de intereses económicos y políticos que estuvieron presentes en la adjudicación y manejo de estos negocios. En las empresas de alumbrado de ambas ciudades fue muy destacada la participación de la familia Ospina, una de las más influyentes en la historia colombiana. Este trabajo está fundamentado en la consulta y análisis de los archivos privados de dicha familia.
Abstract
This work explains why the Colombian merchants of the XIX century (the main supporters of the money-capital accumulation] were devotedto invest in the public utilities sector. The author mainly analyses the process of setting up and operation of the electric lighting service in the cities of Bogotá and Medellin given that at the other important urban centers this service was provided by the foreign capital.In the article we can see the complexity of the economic. and political affairs involved in the adjudication and management of these enterprises. In the companies of electricity in both cities there was a very important participation of the Ospina's family, one of the most influential in the Colombian History. The present work is based on the personal files of the family mentionated.
Palabras claves: Acumulación capital-dinero, Inversión, alumbrado público, Medellín, Bogotá.
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