Prisa Media statement on the Tropicana Cali case

CARACOL SA allows itself to report in relation to the situation generated by statements, demonstrations and situations involving Mr. Francisco ‘Paco’ Ramírez, also known as ‘Aunt Inés’, on our TROPICANA station in the city of Cali, that:

• CARACOL SA and its stations, including TROPICANA, deplore and condemn the unfortunate event in which a member of our company, using his freedom of expression, made disrespectful statements against the dignity of the President of the Republic, Gustavo Petro, as well as against one of his co-workers.

• CARACOL SA and its TROPICANA station emphatically condemn and reject any mistreatment or violent action towards any woman, even more so in the case of co-workers, which is why the affected person has the active support and accompaniment of our Resources area. Human Rights, with the aim of clarifying the facts and guaranteeing the rights of those involved.

• The journalistic activity in CARACOL SA and its stations, including TROPICANA, is carried out under full respect for the constitutional postulates that protect freedom of expression and information, with total editorial freedom, so the statements made by any of our journalists and collaborators They are totally free and personal and in no way represent an institutional position of CARACOL SA and our station TROPICANA.

• This morning we took the measures in the case against Mr. Ramírez and the measures with the teams to guarantee that these types of situations that do not reflect the values ​​of our company occur again.