US House threatens to cut aid for Colombia over failing peace policies, human rights violations
Source: Colombia Reports
by Adriaan Alsema July 22, 2020
The United States House of Representative threatened to cut US support for Colombia over human rights violations and President Ivan Duque‘s failure to implement peace policies.
The House also demanded that the State Department guarantee Colombian officials involved in the illegal use of US spying equipment for criminal purposes would be brought to justice.
The House, which is controlled by the Democratic Party, also wants to suspend the disbursement of 20% of the Department of the Defense’s counternarcotics budget to Colombia until the South American Country’s Constitutional Court certifies Duque is complying with the peace process.
The Representatives additionally want verification Bogota is in compliance with agreements in the 2016 peace deal over the protection of ethnic minorities who have claimed to be the victim of extermination.
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Democrats’ slap in Duque’s face
The conditions are a slap in the face for Duque whose political patron, former President Alvaro Uribe, is being investigated over illegal spying by the National Army.
Read more: https://colombiareports.com/us-representative-conditions-aid-for-colombia-to-duque-adhering-to-the-law/
