Audit advances joint strategies against corruption

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BOGOTA COLOMBIA). Monday, February 14, 2022 (RPTV NEWS AGENCY). Corruption in Colombia is an evil that has plagued the country for decades, unfinished works, roads in poor condition and years of backwardness in the evolution of the Nation.

On occasion, the supervisory bodies find their hands tied in the face of passivity and gaps in the system that make the task easier for the corrupt. In this sense, the control entities are working to find new ways to stop the theft of resources.

The General Audit Office of the Republic headed by Alma Carmenza Erazo, the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, met to exchange ideas of cooperation to strengthen the work between the Colombian fiscal control agencies.

In this first meeting of the year, the multilateral mechanisms to fight against administrative corruption and the importance of generating dynamics directly in the regions that allow concrete results against corruption were highlighted.

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New school and library with technological advances in the Valley - Cali - Colombia

Valle del Cauca has a new ‘Colegio 10’. It is the transformed Jorge Isaacs public educational institution for 965 students who live in the El Cerrito municipality.

Four years ago this change was announced with 12 new classrooms and the recovery of another 14 with 5,353 million pesos, of which the Government contributed 1,409 million.

On this same campus, in the center of the department, the students opened a library, donated by the Providencia sugar mill.

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The Jorge Isaacs marching band put the note in the delivery of works of ‘Colegio 10’ with the presence of the Minister of Education, María Victoria Angulo, and the Governor of the Valley, Clara Luz Roldán.

The minister recalled that “with the Government there is 11 projects of infrastructure for more than 75,000 million pesos, Of these, four have been delivered, six are in progress and one is in the process of being reassigned”.

Governor Roldán pointed out: “We see a commitment from the National Government and a departmental government working hand in hand. We have dedicated ourselves to ensuring that our children have a quality education, an adequate meal plan and that we can improve the scores of the Saber Tests”.

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‘Colegio 10’ covers 1,952 square metres, with 12 new classrooms, 14 improved classrooms, a multipurpose room, dining room, kitchen and 22 sanitary batteries.

New library, donated by the Providencia mill

With the premise of quality education, Providence gave the library to the students of Jorge Isaacs, in El Cerrito. There are 1,570 books with a catalog of 425 children’s, 348 youth, 506 news and 291 encyclopedias. Also computers and videobeam.

The general manager of the Providencia sugar mill, Vicente Borrero, said: “It is facilitating our children’s access to knowledge. Education is a way to generate equality and opportunities”.

“Providencia has always been willing to provide attention to the educational needs of the children and youth of El Cerrito; We have witnessed this with the calls for scholarships and the visits they make to us to train our students in environmental issues,” said Marhta Isabel Mera, rector of the educational institution.

“I feel very grateful to the Ingenio for this new opportunity that it offers our children and young people, to have spaces that promote education in an environment that is not only decent, but also pleasant,” she added.

In July 2021, the mill delivered a library to more than 1,500 students in the Santa Elena district.

Both projects have been advised by Library Foundationa non-profit foundation that was created by 22 private companies, to strengthen the network of public libraries in Cali and Valle.

The mill also promotes ‘Providencia Conecta’, an initiative since 2019 that provides free internet in the room in Guabas; 437 children and young people from El Placer and Amaime received the service in their homes.

The manager Vicente Borrero said that ‘After School’ will start, with the support of Fundación Único, for girls from 5 to 13 years of age from El Placer, Amaime and El Cerrito.

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The Audit advances joint strategies against corruption

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Journalist: Julian Pena

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BOGOTA COLOMBIA). Friday, February 11, 2022 (RPTV NEWS AGENCY). Corruption in Colombia is an evil that has plagued the country for decades, unfinished works, roads in poor condition and years of backwardness in the evolution of the Nation.

On occasion, the supervisory bodies find their hands tied in the face of passivity and gaps in the system that make the task easier for the corrupt. In this sense, the control entities are working to find new ways to stop the theft of resources.

The Office of the Auditor General of the Republic, headed by its director Alma Carmenza Erazo, the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, met to exchange cooperation ideas to strengthen the work between the Colombian fiscal control agencies .

In this first meeting of the year, the multilateral mechanisms to fight against administrative corruption and the importance of generating dynamics directly in the regions that allow concrete results against corruption were highlighted.

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US Congress Advances Bill to Sanction Those Fueling War in Ethiopia

WASHINGTON — 

Legislation has advanced in the U.S. House of Representatives to impose sanctions on Ethiopians committing human rights abuses, blocking food aid delivery, or taking other actions that are worsening the country’s 15-month crisis. It would also sanction those providing training, weapons, or financial support to those involved in the conflict.

The proposed Ethiopian Stabilization, Peace and Democracy Act was voted out of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday. It can now be voted on by the full U.S. House. A similar bill is being considered in the Senate.

If enacted, the bill would sanction individuals as well as suspend U.S. security and financial assistance to the Ethiopian government until certain human rights conditions are met. It would also require the U.S. to oppose loans by international agencies such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Congressman Tom Malinowski, a Democrat from New Jersey who co-sponsored the bill, said urgent action is needed.

“The war in Ethiopia has created one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, and all the combatants, along with their foreign backers, are responsible for horrific abuses of basic human rights,” he said.

“Today, Congress is coming together to say that the conflict must end, and to hold accountable all those responsible for perpetuating it.”

The bill follows September sanctions and the November decision to suspend Ethiopia from the African Growth and Opportunity Act, which allows African countries’ exports duty-free access to the U.S. market.

One of the issues of ongoing concern to Congress is also the mass detention of Tigrayan civilians in several cities across Ethiopia, including the capital, Addis Ababa. Rights groups, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, say ethnic Tigrayans have been targeted since the start of the conflict in November 2020, citing reports of forced disappearances and arbitrary arrests among other human rights violations.

“The mass detention of Tigrayan civilians in unlivable conditions is a human rights violation so outrageous that it demands a forceful U.S. response,” tweeted Congressman Brad Sherman of California, calling for action on what he called an atrocity.

The bill calls on the State Department to determine whether war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide has been perpetrated by any party to the conflict. It also asks State to report on the role of foreign governments including those of China, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey in fueling the conflict.

FILE – People gather behind a placard showing Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at a rally organized by local authorities to show support for the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF), at Meskel square in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Nov. 7, 2021.

The bill has drawn condemnation from the Ethiopian government and supporters in the global diaspora.

The American-Ethiopian Public Affairs Committee, a nonprofit diaspora organization that has supported the government during this conflict put the blame squarely on the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front, which the government has designated a terrorist group, and armed forces in Tigray.

“This bill ignores the millions in Amhara and Afar … who were victims of the TPLF’s attacks,” the AEPAC said in a tweet.

The group further criticized the impact it would have on ordinary Ethiopians. “It will do nothing to repair the lives of those who have been left without loved ones or who have suffered serious injuries.”

FILE – A group from the Tigrayan diaspora in North America protest about the conflict in Ethiopia, near the State Department, on Dec. 22, 2021, in Washington.

Others in the Tigrayan diaspora have, however, supported the bill and previous U.S. sanctions on Ethiopian and Eritrean officials, including Omna Tigray, a nonprofit group consisting of Tigrayans residing in the diaspora who see the move as a way to protect the lives of civilians caught in the conflict.

Other analysts point to the effectiveness of earlier sanctions. Vanda Felbab-Brown, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said that “the praiseworthy design of the sanctions regime avoids typical pitfalls.” She said that implemented sanctions are meant to give “legal exceptions for humanitarian relief delivery.”

U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration has emphasized the goal of targeted sanctions is to ensure perpetrators are held to account.

“These sanctions authorities are not directed at the people of Ethiopia or Eritrea,” a White House official said in September during a call with reporters. “The new sanctions program is deliberately calibrated to mitigate any undue harm to those already suffering from this conflict.”

The United Nations has said thousands have been displaced by conflict in the country, and more than 6,000 Ethiopians, mostly from the Tigray region, are seeking refuge in neighboring Sudan. The U.N. estimates that about 9.4 million people in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray, Amhara, and Afar regions are in dire need of humanitarian assistance.