The United States Congress approved the 2022 Prosecutor’s Appropriations Act, within which Colombia was assigned a cooperation fund amounting to 471.3 million dollars.
“These resources reach issues of social development, rural development, alternative development, but they also strengthen justice, the fight against crime,” said the Colombian ambassador to the United States, Juan Carlos Pinzón.
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With the allocation of the highest budget of the decade for Colombia, by the Government of President Joe Biden, the excellent cooperative relations between our countries are ratified
According to Pinzón, they are also resources “for Afro-descendant and indigenous populations and, additionally, resources to strengthen our Military Forces, including demining.” The ambassador stressed that “a good part of these resources will be left to a following administration in Colombia”.
This value represents an increase of 10 million dollars compared to the budget allocated in 2021 and 17.5 million dollars more than what the administration of President Joe Biden had requested for this year.
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With the allocation of the highest budget of the decade for Colombia, by the Government of President @POTUS @JoeBidenthe excellent cooperative relations between our countries are ratified and it is confirmed that we are the most important ally of the United States in the hemisphere.
– Ivan Duke 🇨🇴 (@IvanDuque) March 15, 2022
It was also known that in the final text of the law, which has already been signed by President Joe Biden, the amendments that had been promoted by some congressmen of that country, such as the prohibition of assistance to Esmad, will be eliminated; the negative report on the retired soldiers of Colombia, after the assassination of the president of Haiti, Jovenel Moïse; a 30% retention of funds in the anti-narcotics account, and a provision that sought to increase the retention of the International Military Financing account by 10%.
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“With the allocation of the highest budget of the decade for Colombia, by the government of President Joe Biden, the excellent cooperative relations between our countries are ratified and it is confirmed that we are the most important ally of the United States. in the hemisphere. “, said President Iván Duque.
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