Executive change due to delays: the seven percent progress excuse

Published on June 26, 2026 | Translated from Spanish

Dismissing a director for delays while praising a 7% progress is the classic contradiction of railway policy. A scapegoat is sought to simulate action without addressing the real causes: lack of investment in infrastructure and personnel. The solution lies in auditing public spending and prioritizing maintenance over changes in management.

railway track inspection scene, a management figure in suit walking away from a broken section of rail while pointing at a small 7 percent progress chart on a tablet, maintenance workers with wrenches and welding gear standing idle near rusted tracks, a single worn-out locomotive in background, cracked concrete sleepers and faded warning signals, photorealistic technical illustration, overcast industrial lighting, muted steel and concrete colors, visible corrosion on metal joints, abandoned maintenance tools on gravel, dramatic contrast between the clean tablet screen and decaying infrastructure, cinematic engineering visualization

Technical audit: maintenance as a priority over gestures 🚂

A real analysis of the railway system shows that 60% of incidents come from obsolete tracks and outdated signaling. Each change of management involves months of readjustment in teams and projects, further delaying the works. Investment in monitoring sensors and early warning systems would reduce costs in the long term, but the political theater of appointing a new manager every quarter is preferred.

New boss, same tracks: the remote control method 🛤️

Changing the director is like changing the pilot of a plane that is missing a wing. It is announced with great fanfare that the new captain has experience in straight flights, but the plane still does not take off. Meanwhile, passengers applaud the 7% progress in repairing the wing, unaware that the other 93% consists of looking for a new pilot every month.