Expressing her gratitude to President Ivan Duque for his trust, Ramirez said on Monday that her main task will be to present the international community with an accurate account of what is happening in the South American country.
Colombians first took to the streets on April 28 against a proposed tax increase many said would leave them poorer even as the coronavirus pandemic was erasing jobs and eating into savings.
Colombia's anti-government protests - which have seen dozens of people lose their lives and invited international condemnation of the police response - have now been going for a full month.