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Petro has the former director of the DIAN as the new Minister of Commerce
The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, inaugurated on Tuesday the former director of the Directorate of National Taxes and Customs (DIAN), Luis Carlos Reyes, as the new Minister of Commerce. Petro entrusted him with the challenge of changing oil and coal exports for those of industry and agro-industry.
“Today we have the first cabinet change in the middle of the year. Dr. Umaña played a decent role, he will continue to work with us on other aspects of the action that is economic,” Petro said in the act of possession with respect to Germán Umaña. He leaves office after having taken care, among other matters, of recovering trade relations with Venezuela.
Reyes is an economist and historian and has become popular on social networks such as ‘Mr. Taxes’ for his pragmatism in explaining tax issues in a simple way. He assumes from today as a minister with the challenge of changing the country’s export matrix.
“We are selling mainly coal and oil, if the world decarbonizes, we stop selling coal and oil, which is what is already happening in these months. Therefore, replacing those currencies becomes fundamental,” Petro explained during the possession speech.
For that, according to President Petro, we have to: “export agriculture – something we have done -, we have to export agro-industry – we have a lot to do -, and we have to export industry, which is where we have to do the most.”
That change, which is not simple, because the “industry has red numbers” and therefore there are flaws in the “industrial policy”. It has to come, in the words of the president, from an increase in international tourism.
“The industry involves allocating public and private resources in a priority way; lowering their interest rates; achieving regions prone to industrialization; stimulating the profitability of transforming products in Colombia; increasing it; which implies lowering its financial costs and lowering their electricity costs,” Petro added, who also added the need to lower energy prices and make it clean.
“These are its objectives and its challenges, these alone, are: how to achieve a true industrialization process, in my opinion, starting with agro-industry, modernizing manufacturing, even to export,” the president told the new Minister of Commerce.
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UNICEF: Over 700,000 children affected by Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that the annual refugee admissions will be limited to just 7,500 people, the lowest number since the program was created in 1980.
According to a White House statement, the new cap will prioritize mainly white South Africans and individuals who have been victims of “unjust or illegal discrimination” in their home countries.
Since taking office on January 20, Trump has effectively suspended refugee admissions through an executive order, describing the program as “detrimental” to national interests.
One of the few exceptions to this policy has been the Afrikaners, descendants of Dutch settlers in South Africa, who began entering the U.S. in May. This decision followed Trump’s claim, made without evidence, that this group is facing “genocide.”
The president’s statements have strained diplomatic relations with South Africa, particularly after the country passed a law in January authorizing land expropriation without compensation.
Humanitarian organizations have strongly criticized the new immigration policy and called for its reversal.
International
Trump sets historic low refugee cap at 7,500, prioritizes white South Africans
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that the annual refugee admissions will be limited to just 7,500 people, the lowest number since the program was created in 1980.
According to a White House statement, the new cap will prioritize mainly white South Africans and individuals who have been victims of “unjust or illegal discrimination” in their home countries.
Since taking office on January 20, Trump has effectively suspended refugee admissions through an executive order, describing the program as “detrimental” to national interests.
One of the few exceptions to this policy has been the Afrikaners, descendants of Dutch settlers in South Africa, who began entering the U.S. in May. This decision followed Trump’s claim, made without evidence, that this group is facing “genocide.”
The president’s statements have strained diplomatic relations with South Africa, particularly after the country passed a law in January authorizing land expropriation without compensation.
Humanitarian organizations have strongly criticized the new immigration policy and called for its reversal.
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Hurricane Melissa kills over 30, leaves thousands displaced in the Caribbean
Hurricane Melissa has caused widespread destruction in several Caribbean countries, leaving more than thirty dead, thousands displaced, and significant material losses after striking with force this week.
In Haiti, the Civil Protection Directorate reported at least 24 fatalities, including 20 deaths on Wednesday due to a flash flood in La Digue, a municipality of Petit-Goâve, south of Port-au-Prince. Another victim was reported in Artibonite, and three others had died earlier last week.
Authorities also reported 17 people injured, 18 missing, and 1,156 families affected, with 2,399 people sheltered in emergency facilities, particularly in the southern regions, Grand’Anse, Nippes, and the southeast of the country.
UNICEF: Over 700,000 children affected by Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean
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Hurricane Melissa kills over 30, leaves thousands displaced in the Caribbean
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