For ‘budgetary reasons,’ Colombia, under the administration of elected president Abelardo de la Espriella, will close its embassy in Haiti.
For “budgetary reasons,” Colombia, under the administration of President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella, will close its embassy in Haiti. It is also planned that Bogotá will close its embassies in Algeria, Barbados, Hungary, Senegal, Ethiopia, and South Africa, among others. “In Italy and France, for example, the missions will be combined,” AFP reports.
The right-wing President-elect, supported by the United States, stated on Sunday that he would break diplomatic relations with the communist island of Cuba and the government that rules Nicaragua with an iron fist, once in office.
“In my government, there will be no ties with tyrannies,” declared the hardline right-wing representative on social media, who is set to take office on August 7. Announcing the closure of 15 consulates and 14 embassies in total, the future head of state made clear that this measure would only imply breaking relations with two countries, “Cuba and Nicaragua.”
