New Colombian Foreign Minister's Trip to the US Questioned

[Judi Lynn]

Colombian President Ivan Duque said that he made the decision because he considered
Marta Lucia Ramírez as a woman with a great trajectory in politics and in the private sector,
who has also served as Minister of Commerce and Defense. | Photo: Twitter @ElAmerican_

Published 21 May 2021

On Thursday, the Foreign Minister lashed out at an op-ed article against point 2.2 of the Peace Agreement, which deals with the participation of citizens in politics, the right to protest, and the guarantee of the same by the State.

Celebrities and demonstrators are currently questioning a visit by the recently inaugurated minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Marta Lucia Ramirez, to the United States, where she will deal with the issue of the social outbreak in her country.

On Thursday, the Foreign Minister lashed out at an op-ed article against point 2.2 of the Peace Agreement, which deals with the participation of citizens in politics, the right to protest, and the guarantee of the same by the State.

Humberto de la Calle, chief negotiator during Juan Manuel Santos' government's Havana talks, suggested Ramirez read the Agreement before she took her trip.

Likewise, for the president of the Comunes party, signatory of the Peace Agreement, although the new FM is opposed to full citizen participation, "point 2.2 of the Peace Agreement is exactly what the country needs at this moment: Guarantees for the mobilization and peaceful protest of a people tired of social injustice."

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