Antecedentes y orígenes de la empresa licorera de Santander (Colombia) 1785-1948

The national and regional historiographical ignorance about the history of the Empresa Licorera de Santander (ELS), demanded a thorough to the historical background and its origins in the twentieth century crawl. The earliest predecessor was the Real Fabrica de Aguardiente de Socorro in the eighteenth century and its origins date back from the appearance of the anti-alcohol legislation struggle until its ratification as industrial and commercial company mid- twentieth century.This historical approach compared the two industrial, being the fiscal or monetary success in implementing the system of direct management, the component that matches both cases, despite their distance in time and context. On the other hand, this research invites further studies of the Empresa Licorera de Santander.