The elected president of Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, announced, last Sunday (26), that he will break diplomatic relations with Cuba and Nicaragua. He also announced the closure of 14 embassies and 15 consulates starting on the 7th, when he will succeed Gustavo Petro in the country’s top position.
“In my government there will be no links with tyrannies,” said Abelard. “In a first step, I will close the embassies of Algeria, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Cuba, Czechia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, Hungary, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Romania, Senegal and South Africa,” he said on social media.
“I want to be very clear, these decisions do not mean breaking diplomatic relations with these countries, much less with these multinational organizations”, highlighted De la Espriella, remembering that the determination does not include Cuba and Nicaragua.
The next president of Colombia also promised to unify representations that, according to him, duplicate functions. He cited the case of Paris, where Colombia has an embassy and a representative post at UNESCO. As in Rome, where, in addition to the embassy in Italy, there is representation at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
“Every peso we save on bureaucracy will be a weight we can invest in security, health, education, infrastructure and, above all, opportunities for the poorest,” said De la Espriella. Your government has already promised tax reform in Colombia.
On the other hand, the future president announced the reopening of the Colombian embassy in Israel, which will operate in Jerusalem. In the same sense, De la Espriella will suspend the installation of the embassy in Palestine and the opening of a mission in Nigeria. In rejection of the Israeli genocide in Gaza, Gustavo Petro had determined to break diplomatic relations with Israel.
About to take over the government, De la Espriella also continues to maintain that the city of Barranquilla will be the “permanent headquarters” of the presidency, and that he will transform the Casa de Nariño, the current headquarters of the Executive Branch, which is located in Bogotá, “into a museum open to the public”. He intends to take office in a ceremony in Cali, but the measure still needs to be approved by the Colombian Congress.
Source: www.brasildefato.com.br
