Colombia's Vice President Marta Lucía Ramírez said she had asked Ivanka Trump to visit Latin America to help promote women's economic empowerment.
Explaining that she had made the request in May during a visit to Washington, D.C., Ramírez said she was interested in Trump's"commitment to the empowerment of women," which she said would allow the president's adviser to"get closer to Latin America, and in particular, to Colombia."
Part of that, the vice president said, will also be about showing Trump how her country is working to support Venezuelan women arriving at Colombia's border, as thousands of people continue to flee Venezuela's ongoing political and economic crisis. Ramírez said she has already spoken to Trump about the plight of Venezuelan women and described how"the conditions in which they arrive are truly dramatic."
"That is why I really wanted her to accompany what I am doing from the vice presidency, which is to create houses for women in some parts of the country, where they can have [training programs] to have that economic autonomy," she said.
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