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Edwin Palma has been appointed to oversee three ministries during the final days of Petro's government in Colombia.

In the closing period of President Petro's administration in Colombia, Edwin Palma was appointed as the head of three key ministries: Mines, Labor, and Housing. This rare consolidation of power into a single figure, referred to as a 'superminister', aims to facilitate the management of multiple challenging portfolios simultaneously as the government transitions.