The opening took place this Monday Virtual macro of Procolombia, Which is done with the aim of promoting non-mining imports and exports, in the midst of the country’s economic recovery.
Canada was the special guest country at the Procolombia, So that the ambassador of this country to Colombia, Marcel Lebleu, Was one of the first to take the floor to highlight the FTA between the two countries and trade relations between the two nations.
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During his speech, the Canadian had connection problems, so he lost his signal at one point while speaking. However, the signal returned and continued with the video call.
Minutes later, while Lebleu was speaking, he asked for a video, which did not appear, and he thought he had another technical problem, although his image still appeared in the virtual talkers.
At this time the ambassador of Canada he stared at his computer, faced disappointment, and then took some papers to cover the camera for a few seconds.
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After that he covered his face, stopped from his chair, threw away the documents he had taken, picked up his phone and walked away from the camera, all while the other participants in the video call watched him. , including the president Ivan Duc.
Seeing him, the director of Procolombia, Flavia Santoro, Appeared to indicate to the diplomat that they were still watching and listening to him, so he ended his speech again and said he thought the connection had been lost again.
“I thought he was offline,” Ambassador Lebleu replied sadly after the scene.
You can watch the episode from minute 25:45:
the Reactivation macro-wheel will take place from 12 to 23 April, where some 1,000 companies from 62 countries will meet virtually with nearly 2,000 domestic companies from 26 country departments.
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The event, which is estimated to generate about 13,000 virtual appointments, will be attended by companies mainly from United States, Peru, Canada, Guatemala, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Bolivia and Spain.
Ivan Duc at the macro wheel.
As the departments with more participating companies will be Cundinamarca, Antioquia, Valle de la Cauca, Atlantic, Santander, Risaralda, Caldas and North of Santander.
Of the nearly 1,000 purchasing companies, 580 will participate for the first time in a ProColombia Macrowheet, which shows that new interests are being generated by international companies who want to know the national supply of goods and services.
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For his part, President Iván Duc justified the tax reform to investors who were at the opening.
“That within this Sustainable Social Transformation social programs can be extended to the most vulnerable population, that these unconditional transfers be had with a greater projection over time, the return of VAT to more households, the support program to formal employment, which subsidizes payroll until the end of this year and consolidate free public university education for young people who are part of the most vulnerable class and the Colombian middle class, strata 1, 2 and 3 “, he said. to say.
He added that Colombia is a nation that is opening up to position itself as the Silicon Valley of Latin America, and that it wants to increasingly take advantage of the adversities that the pandemic has brought to be a leading country in fintech, in Govtech, Edtech and all uses of technology applied to a multiplicity of sectors. “And all this makes Colombia one of the most attractive places to invest in Latin America and the Caribbean today,” the president said.
And all this makes Colombia one of the most attractive places to invest in Latin America and the Caribbean.
“Colombia sees this opportunity as a scenario in which we tell investors: this is the time to invest in Colombia. A country with institutional stability, with a consolidated democracy, with a policy of protection of private investment and respect without restrictions on entrepreneurship, “he said.
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