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Colombia has a new right-wing president. What changes now? | DW News
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August 8, 2026
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17:10Now PlayingColombia has a new president — and a new political direction. Right-wing leader Abelardo de la Espriella has taken office after a closely fought election, promising to crack down on drug-related crime and bring greater stability to the country. His inauguration also highlighted a warming relationship with Washington, with the Trump administration planning a $1 billion security package for Colombia. What will de la Espriella’s presidency mean for a deeply divided country? And how will Colombia’s shift to the right reshape its relationship with the United States? We speak to Mariano Aguirre Ernst, researcher at the Barcelona Centre on International Affairs — and also with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung on Latin American and at the UK think tank Chatham House — for more.
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