Carmen Valderrama was appointed as the new ICT minister after Karen Abudinen, suspected of corruption, resigned. The connectivity and legal challenges she faces with just 10 months in office.

Since the end of October, Colombia has had a new ICT minister: Carmen Ligia Valderrama Rojas, who took office in a ceremony attended by the President of the Republic, Iván Duque.

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Carmen Valderrama was appointed as the new ICT minister after Karen Abudinen, suspected of corruption, resigned. The connectivity and legal challenges she faces with just 10 months in office.

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The head of the Catholic Church published the encyclical Magnifica Humanitas and later presented his conclusions at a press conference alongside his top collaborators and, among other lay participants, Chris Olah, co-founder of Anthropic, who refused to “weaponize AI.”

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