The Diplomat
Queen Letizia will travel between June 12 and 14 to Colombia for her eighth cooperation trip since 2015. As reported by the Government, the Queen will be able to learn about the work that the Spanish Cooperation develops in Colombia in the areas of poverty eradication, gender equality and empowerment of women and girls, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work, especially in the field of youth; and peace building, fight against all forms of violence and access to justice for all people. Doña Letizia will travel accompanied by the State Secretary for International Cooperation, Pilar Cancela Rodríguez.
This is the eighth cooperation trip made by the Queen, who has recovered a custom started by Queen Sofia in 1997. Previously, Doña Letizia traveled to Honduras and El Salvador (2015), Senegal (2017), Dominican Republic and Haiti (2018), Mozambique (2019), again Honduras (2020), Paraguay (late 2021) and Mauritania (May 2022).
The purpose of these visits is to support Spanish Cooperation, to learn first-hand about the work carried out by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID) or Spanish non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in different countries and to verify the effectiveness of the projects financed by Spain and their direct impact on the beneficiaries.
