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Colombia's Abelardo de la Espriella takes office, vows war on guerrillas

Colombia's Abelardo de la Espriella takes office, vows war on guerrillas
France 24 Friday 07 August 2026, 10:30 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Colombia's Abelardo de la Espriella takes office, vows war on guerrillas Americas Issued on: Share Colombian President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella takes office August 8, vowing to launch a war on drug gangs and cosy up to the United States. The former lawyer won June's run-off election by less than a percentage point. He's a right-wing populist in the mould of El Salvador's Nayib Bukele and Argentina's Javier Milei, and is being sworn in in an unusual location.
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