A Look at Governance in the City of Cartagena De Indias – Colombia, 2012 to 2023

Abstract

Cartagena de Indias is one of the most important cities in Colombia due to its economic development in various sectors such as tourism, industry, hydrocarbons and shipbuilding. Since its foundation, it has been a national reference due to its strategic position, which favors the development of many other sub-sectors of those already mentioned. However, from its inhabitants there has been a malaise for several decades and it is the setback in the conditions of the quality of life and the development of the city, for which, through the qualitative paradigm it is intended to conduct a research where the relationships between the actors of governance in the city of Cartagena de Indias are established. However, from the social imaginaries of young Cartageneros as a surveyed group, there is a lack of knowledge of what governance is, which is the perfect scenario for the city to remain intervened in its budgetary and financial performance as a territorial entity on account of politicians and financiers who undermine the public finances of the city through acts of corruption.