Ambassador María Consuelo Araújo hosted the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts Visioning Summit at the Residence of Colombia, bringing together leaders from the arts, public service, enterprise and diplomacy at the start of Hispanic Heritage Month. Held under the theme “Art Is a Bridge to Understanding,” the evening recognised the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts and its nearly three decades of work to develop talent and expand Hispanic representation across

Ambassador Araújo Castro has arrived in Washington to take up her post as Ambassador of Colombia to the United States. She presented copies of her letters of credence to Ambassador Monica Crowley, Chief of Protocol of the United States. Ambassador María Consuelo Araújo Castro presents copies of her letters of credence to Ambassador Monica Crowley, Chief of Protocol of the United States. Her arrival comes at the outset of a new era in relations between Colombia and the United

President Abelardo De La Espriella welcomed U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for the first high-level bilateral meeting of this new chapter in Colombia-U.S. relations. Foreign Minister Omar Bula Escobar, accompanied by Colombia’s Ambassador to the United States, María Consuelo Araújo, joined talks centred on security, countering narcoterrorism, economic prosperity, energy, infrastructure, technology and critical minerals. The agenda translated into concrete advances in str