Colombia

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Colombia’s Vice President-elect José Manuel Restrepo on Wednesday, signaling what both sides described as the beginning of a new phase in bilateral relations as President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella prepares to take office on Aug. 7. The closed-door meeting at the State Department brought together senior members […]

Former FARC commander Rodrigo Londoño, known by his alias “Timochenko,” returned to Colombia over the weekend and appeared Tuesday before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), ending days of speculation that he might remain in Spain following threats by President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella to seek his imprisonment for life over crimes committed […]

Colombia’s President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella announced on Monday that he will close the Peace Commissioner’s Office, which was in charge of negotiating peace and implementing peace deals with illegal armed groups. “The Office of the Peace Commissioner is coming to an end, because there will be no more sham peace processes during my […]

In one of the most symbolic breaks with Colombia’s republican traditions in modern history, President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella announced Monday that he intends to be sworn into office on August 7 at a military garrison in southern Colombia rather than Bogotá’s iconic Plaza de Bolívar, where every democratically elected Colombian president in […]

On Monday, Colombians will celebrate a new national holiday for the first time in the country’s history, honoring Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá, the patroness of Colombia, in a commemoration that blends centuries of religious tradition with a renewed political symbolism under President-elect Abelardo De la Espriella. Established under Law 2578 […]

Colombia is preparing for one of its most significant foreign policy realignments in more than two decades as President-elect Abelardo De La Espriella assembles a government that promises to restore close strategic relations with the United States and other Western democracies, while distancing the country from the ideological alliances that defined the […]

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Colombia’s president-elect, Abelardo de la Espriella, has appealed to the international community to closely monitor the country’s democratic transition, as outgoing President Gustavo Petro and opposition leader Iván Cepeda attempt to undermine the August 7 transfer of power. In a statement released by his transition team on Wednesday, the criminal […]

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Tuesday that he will seek a court order to annul the election of President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella. In a post on social media platform X, Petro said he had gather enough evidence to prove that his successor “was elected from abroad, with nonexistent votes.” “Today we are presenting the The post Petro […]

President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella on Tuesday suspended the transfer of power after President Gustavo Petro accused him of fraud. In a post on social media platform X, De la Espriella said he had “given instructions to the vice president-elect of the Republic to immediately suspend the handover process with the corrupt government that is The post […]

Colombia’s outgoing President Gustavo Petro said Monday that he doesn’t recognize the outcome of the election that made the far-right Abelardo de la Espriella president-elect. In a post on social media platform X, Petro said he saw “evidence of electoral fraud carried out through algorithms and with foreign funding, which is prohibited by our […]

Colombia’s President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella said he will sign a decree on Aug. 7, the day he is sworn into office, creating special “Urban Security Defense Blocs” in the country’s largest cities as part of a sweeping security crackdown and a broader shift away from the outgoing government’s security strategy. De la Espriella, who

Colombia’s Vice President-elect José Manuel Restrepo on Wednesday condemned opposition senator Iván Cepeda for calling on supporters to engage in “peaceful civil disobedience” unless President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella renounces his U.S. citizenship before taking office, describing the move as “an anti-democratic tantrum” and an attack on […]

The director of Colombia’s land agency ANT filed criminal complaints about at least eight attempts to steal land from beneficiaries of President Gustavo Petro’s land reform. According to ANT director Harman Felipe, armed men associated with drug traffickers and paramilitary commanders intimidated the communities at six plots that had been given to […]