In the last four years the Government of Antioquia received, from USAID, $ 600,000 million pesos for 20 projects.
With the Arrival from Donald Trump to the White House in the United States, The president froze the aid they made through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to finance different projects.
Among the affected countries is Colombia, as the coffee country attended different projects of Migration Colombia, the JEP, the National Land Agency and programs to combat drug trafficking, foundations, Oenegés and independent media.
As for the Department of Antioquia, from the Government they reported that during this first year of the administration of Andrés Julián Rendón there have been no resources from this agency and They have served as an articulator with the municipalities.
In addition, they explained that There are a total of 20 programs that were being developed with USAID, in 33 municipalities of seven subregions of the departmentamong which are issues with young people, human rights, generation of institutional capacities, strengthening of justice, social opportunities, agriculture, attention to migrants, among others.
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They also indicated that in the last four years the Government of Antioquia received for these programs $ 600,000 million pesos, that is, $ 150,000 million pesos per year. Resources that will stop entering to continue with these programs.
Among the people who spoke about it, was the Vice President and Minister of Equality, France Márquez, who He expressed concern about the impact of the withdrawal of the US financial supportbecause this freezing of resources will affect the implementation of the ‘ethnic chapter’ of the peace agreement.
For its part, From the JEP they expressed that the freezing of these resources directly affects the psychosocial attention of the victims, and also warned that this would lead to the suspension of the investigations of the extinct Farc.
Source: Integrated information system