He Visa withdrawal to President Gustavo Petro by the government of the USA It continues to generate echoes in deferens sectors, both of the national policy and in the private sector of the country.
It should be remembered that, after this news was known, several other national government officials, as a solidarity with the head of state, They decided to give up this indispensable permission to enter American territory.
(Further: Who have renounced their American visa in solidarity with Petro?).
Among the politicians who renounced the visa are Rosa Villavicencio Chancellor and the Minister of Finance and Public Credit, Germán Ávila. On the other hand, to those who revoked the visa, the Minister of Mines and Energy, Edwin Palma.
María Claudia Lacouture, president of the Colombian American Chamber (Amcham Colombia)
Faced with this, the President of the Colombo American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham Colombia), María Claudia Lacouturewho assured that the subscription of a letter is being carried out as a rejection of what would lead to the country to withdraw visas to officials of the current government, including the president.
“We are more than 870 Colombian citizens who present a letter of rejection in the face of the implications that had an intervention like the one made by President Petro against the sovereignty of the United States. And, in that sense, we reinforce the need to continue supporting, working and making an effort to strengthen the relationship between the two countries“He said.
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He also talked about the possible consequences that this would have in the national economy: “Any impact that negatively generates these actions that President Gustavo Petro is determining in front of the United States, has important repercussions on the entry of Colombians and, therefore, the business sector and the citizens that we sign that letter make a rejection call because each of these actions generates a significant negative impact that can affect not only on economic development not only on economic development“
He also explained that between the effects of visa revocation, There is greater difficulty for the government to have meetings with multilateral banking.
#News | María Claudia Lacouture, president of the American Colombo Chamber, warned about the possible effects of the resignation of the Minister of Finance, Germán Ávila, to her US visa.
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“For example, on the issue of the Minister of Finance there are credits, there are needs to work with multilateral organizations that are in Washington to facilitate the actions that allow to reduce that fiscal fragility and, therefore, it is essential to continue with that process. That is why the call is to put the national interest to personal interests before“, said.
(You can read: Document is: would it be enough for President Petro to enter the US?).
And he added: “At this time, what we can say is that every day brings its own eagerness and what occurred with the revocation of President Gustavo Petro’s visa is a diplomatic issue. It is a diplomatic decision that does not have an implication or in the bilateral, political or commercial relations of the country. The United States Government has demonstrated in the multiple actions that have occurred from this year that there is a difference between commercial issues and political issues, which additionally this is an action on the involvement and intervention made by the Government Mr. President Gustavo Petro against the sovereignty of the United States. And in that sense it is directly and exclusively attached to the President“
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