Mañanas BLU con Néstor Morales

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Colombian power questioned in real time.

The gist

Mañanas BLU con Néstor Morales turns the morning news cycle into live accountability interviews. Its clips move through passport-system failures, prison scandals, airport blockades, pension rules, taxi protests, and property-tax disputes with a brisk radio-news tempo.

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About Mañanas BLU con Néstor Morales

Mañanas BLU con Néstor Morales is a Colombian morning news program built for moments when public explanations are still unstable. Its strongest excerpts are not quiet analysis from a distance; they are live interrogations of power, procedure, and responsibility. The show asks officials to account for contracts, delays, protests, prison privileges, public money, and policy choices while the news is still unfolding. It is fast. It is often tense. A problem with passport processing turns into questions about the Cancillería’s CITAC platform, contract execution, payments, and whether anything was actually delivered. A vallenato party inside the Itagüí prison becomes a broader confrontation over prison discipline, alleged payments, criminal structures, and the government’s language around incarcerated figures. The show is especially alert to contradictions. When a minister explains that a prison concert may be a disciplinary matter rather than a crime by itself, the questioning stays on the practical implications: money, benefits, controls, and whether people in prison are still exercising influence. Local disruption also receives national treatment. Blockades near Palonegro airport are discussed not only as travel chaos, but as a clash among protest rights, police protocols, airport operations, cadastral valuations, and the limits of regional authority. Economic policy arrives in concrete form. A pension-fund interview centers on proposed limits for foreign investment exposure and what that could mean for future pension payments. Transport disputes get the same live-wire treatment, as taxi protests at El Dorado turn into reporting on anger toward Taxi Imperial and Julio Jiménez. The editorial feel is direct, procedural, and impatient with evasive answers. It suits listeners who want Colombian news through confrontation rather than packaged narrative. The show’s value is in the pressure it applies: specific names, figures, offices, rules, and consequences are pulled into the same morning conversation.

Made for: For listeners who closely follow Colombian politics, public spending, justice, transport, pensions, and regional protest. It fits people who prefer live accountability interviews over polished explainers.

What sets it apart: The show’s edge is its insistence on immediate answers from the people inside the story. Officials are pressed on figures, contracts, rules, responsibility, and consequences while events are still moving.

In their own words

El programa radial que analiza y debate sobre la actualidad en Colombia y el mundo en una franja que conjuga información y opinión. Dirige Néstor Morales, con Felipe Zuleta, María Consuelo Araujo, Paola Ochoa, Héctor Riveros, Aurelio Suárez, Ricardo Ospina, Alberto Linero, Daniel Mejía, Andrés Mejía y Víctor Grosso.

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Airport taxi protest at El Dorado? Nestor Morales asks the question you'd want answered before choosing sides.

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  • to hear drivers and management explain what the airport taxi dispute is actually about
  • a justice minister pressed on who paid for a prison concert and what rules it broke
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  1. 1

    Marcio Melgosa, procurador delegado para la Vigilancia de la Función Pública

    ·9m
  2. 2

    Ofrecimos helicóptero para controladores: gob. Santander por bloqueos cerca de aeropuerto Palonegro

    ·6m
  3. 3

    Asofondos: “Repatriar fondos de pensiones hará que pensionados tendrán mesadas más bajas”

    This episode discusses the impact of a government decree requiring pension funds to reduce foreign investments from 48% to 30% over five years, potentially lowering pension payments.

    Apr 10, 2026·12m
  4. 4

    “A la Oficina le pusieron oficina en cárcel de Itagüí”: concejal Andrés Tobón

    Councilor Andrés Tobón discusses a vallenato party held in Itagüí prison, revealing images and videos of the event.

    Apr 10, 2026·7m
  5. 5

    Marcio Melgosa, procurador delegado para la Vigilancia de la Función Pública

    Procurador delegado Marcio Melgoza discusses an investigation into a government contract for the CITAC platform, revealing a cyberattack on hardware causing passport issuance delays and potential contract non-compliance.

    Apr 10, 2026·9m
  6. 6

    Ofrezco excusas al país: minjusticia por parranda de Nelson Velásquez con capos en cárcel de Itagüí

    Justice Minister Jorge Iván Cuervo appears on Mañanas BLU to explain the 'tarimazo' scandal: a vallenato concert reportedly costing 500 million pesos held inside the Itagüí maximum-security prison for gang leaders participating in the government's urban peace dialogue.

    Apr 10, 2026·32m·2 clips
  7. 7

    Ofrecimos helicóptero para controladores: gob. Santander por bloqueos cerca de aeropuerto Palonegro

    Governor Juvenal Díaz of Santander discusses the blockade crisis near Palonegro Airport in Bucaramanga, where protesters against property tax increases have halted air travel.

    Apr 10, 2026·6m
  8. 8

    Revelan el millonario pago que habría recibido Nelson Velásquez por parranda en la cárcel de Itagüí

    La concejal Claudia Carrasquilla denuncia una parranda vallenata en la cárcel de Itagüí donde se pagaron millones de pesos a Nelson Velásquez y otros artistas para un concierto privado.

    Apr 9, 2026·9m
  9. 9

    Joven fue asesinado durante desmanes cerca del estadio de Cartagena

    A young man was killed during violent clashes between soccer fans near the stadium in Cartagena, Colombia, during Copa Libertadores matches, involving attacks with weapons and widespread chaos despite police presence.

    Apr 9, 2026·4m
  10. 10

    No es contra Uber, Didi o Cabify: taxistas en Bogotá protestan por reclamos a Taxi Imperial

    Hidden gem

    Mañanas BLU con Néstor Morales covers a taxi strike at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, interviewing both a striking yellow taxi driver Jaime Herrera and Taxi Imperial's new manager Julio Jiménez in separate live calls.

    Apr 9, 2026·24m·1 clip
  11. 11

    El diagnóstico sobre el aire en Bogotá que contradice al Gobierno nacional

    This episode discusses a contradictory diagnosis about Bogotá's air quality between the national government and environmental experts, featuring an interview with Bogotá's environment secretary Adriana Soto.

    Apr 9, 2026·10m
  12. 12

    ¿Por qué aumentó impuesto predial? IGAC dice que hay unos límites y “lanza la pelota” a municipios

    This episode discusses the controversy over increased property tax (impuesto predial) in Colombia, with the IGAC director being interviewed about allegations of 6-8 times higher valuations and protests in regions like Bogotá and Santander.

    Apr 9, 2026·21m
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    Tensa situación por presencia de gerente de Taxi Imperial: conductores lo sacaron de El Dorado

    A tense situation unfolds at Bogotá's El Dorado airport as taxi drivers protest and forcibly remove Julio Jiménez, the manager of Taxi Imperial, after he criticized them and favored special service vehicles.

    Apr 9, 2026·6m
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    MinAgricultura: "No se puede prohibir exportar carne, pero se debe garantizar abastecimiento"

    Hidden gem

    Marta Carvajalino, Minister of Agriculture on Mañanas BLU con Néstor Morales, links a 55% rise in urea to a possible 6-point increase in food prices.

    Apr 8, 2026·14m·1 clip
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    Abogado de Bonilla acusa a la Fiscalía de intentar criminalizar al exministro con fines electorales

    El abogado Alejandro Carranza explica que la Fiscalía no cumplió con los plazos de 120 días para formalizar la acusación contra el exministro Ricardo Bonilla, lo que llevó a su liberación, y acusa a la Fiscalía de intentar criminalizarlo con fines electorales.

    Apr 8, 2026·16m
  16. 16

    Es un atentado contra la misión médica: gob. del Valle por retención de personal médico en Barragán

    Apr 8, 2026·8m
  17. 17

    “Trump si no puede se acobarda”: polémica frase que analiza exasesor de la OTAN por tregua con Irán

    Apr 8, 2026·11m
  18. 18

    Alexei Vallejo - Miembro Junta Directiva Asociación Colombiana de Psiquiatría

    Apr 8, 2026·8m
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    Fiscalía revisó 13.000 interceptaciones y concuyó que no hay seguimientos a De la Espriella

    Apr 8, 2026·6m
  20. 20

    Sin nuevos peajes y con tres carriles garantizados: el plan para la ampliación de la Autopista Norte

    Apr 7, 2026·6m
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    Alcalde Galán dice que beneficios a cabecillas criminales "envalentonan" a la delincuencia

    The speaker criticizes the government's contradictory criminal policy, highlighting how lifting arrest warrants for dangerous gang leaders undermines law enforcement efforts against violent criminal bands responsible for numerous homicides.

    Apr 7, 2026·17m
  22. 22

    "La Paz Total ha sido abusada": Roy Barreras critica la falta de marco jurídico

    Roy Barreras critica la falta de marco jurídico en la política de paz total en Colombia, argumentando que los grupos ilegales han abusado de la laxitud y no deben recibir vocería política.

    Apr 7, 2026·15m
  23. 23

    “Hasta en Google se buscan los alias”: gobernador Rendón a Fiscalía por suspender órdenes de captura

    Apr 7, 2026·15m
  24. 24

    “Estamos satisfechos”: USO sobre salida temporal de Ricardo Roa de presidencia de Ecopetrol

    Apr 7, 2026·9m
  25. 25

    Fiscalía reactiva órdenes de captura contra 16 de 23 capos de bandas delincuenciales del tarimazo

    Mañanas BLU covers two major Colombian news stories: the release of 23 criminal gang leaders under the urban peace policy, prompting Medellín mayor Federico Gutiérrez to contact US security agencies about extradition, and the unanimous Ecopetrol board decision to send president Ricardo Roa on 70 days of vacation followed by unpaid leave.

    Apr 7, 2026·1h·5 clips
  26. 26

    Fiscalía reactiva órdenes de captura contra 16 de 23 capos de bandas delincuenciales del tarimazo

    Apr 7, 2026·6m
  27. 27

    Entrevista a Hernando Gauto

    Apr 7, 2026·12m
  28. 28

    Gobernación de Antioquia ofrece 200 millones de recompensa por alias ‘Primo Gay’

    Apr 6, 2026·9m
  29. 29

    Estos son los audios de 'Papá Pitufo' y reuniones de su abogado con el Gobierno

    Apr 6, 2026·6m
  30. 30

    “Petro quiere silenciarme; hacerme matar”: De La Espriella por acusación de acuerdo con Thomas Greg

    Apr 6, 2026·14m
  31. 31

    "Codirectores no deben obedecer órdenes": José Antonio Ocampo por pelea de Gobierno con BanRep

    Apr 6, 2026·3m
  32. 32

    El mensaje que salvó a piloto en Irán

    Apr 6, 2026·4m