January 27, 2021
International responses to the death of Colombia’s defense minister on Tuesday were warm, but political vultures are lurking from the sky and lobbyists are seeking inroads.
Radical critics of Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo, who died of health complications due to COVID-19 on Tuesday, refused to allow the family to grief in peace with vile attacks on social media.
Think tanks and lobbyists from Colombia and the United States glorified the controversial defense minister, but refused to acknowledge the existence of victims of human rights violations allegedly committed with the complicity of the late minister.
The responses polarized social media, mainly Twitter, where citizens, politicians and DC insiders were taking part in the public debate.
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Can Biden revive US rapprochement with Cuba? 3 minutes read
By Lorena Canto
Havana, Jan 23 (efe-epa).- The arrival in the White House of Joe Biden could open a new chapter in relations between the United States and Cuba after four years of intensifying acrimony under Donald Trump, who ratcheted up punitive measures toward the Communist-ruled island.
Biden was vice president when Barack Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro announced in December 2014 the resumption of bilateral diplomatic ties after more than decades of mutual hostility.
Obama went on to make a historic visit to Cuba and used the tools of executive power to promote closer links.