Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...De la Espriella appointed Natalia Lopez, a member of the We Believe party led by the mayor of Medellin, as Colombia’s Minister of Labor. President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella continues to round out the team that will take office on August 7 and has announced attorney Natalia Lopez as his future Labor minister. Natalia Lopez set to become Colombia’s new Labor ministerThe appointment was announced by De la Espriella on his social media accounts, where he said he would work alongside Natalia Lopez to build a modern, lean, and citizen-focused Labor Ministry. Natalia Lopez is a lawyer by profession and was born in Monteria, the capital of the Cordoba department on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. Despite the country’s current strong unemployment figures, Natalia Lopez will face major challenges as labor minister, including reducing labor informality, creating quality jobs, protecting workers’ rights, and building consensus with the business community.