Colombia Swears In New President De La Espriella on Friday — Without Petro, and Without the Usual Ceremony
- Abelardo de la Espriella will be sworn in as Colombia's president on August 7, 2026, in Cali rather than Bogota, breaking a tradition over a century old and without outgoing President Gustavo Petro attending.
- Petro refused to accept the June 21 runoff election results won by De la Espriella and is boycotting the inauguration ceremony, but electoral authorities have confirmed the election results' validity.
- The inauguration in Cali is accompanied by heightened security, including deployment of over 11,000 personnel, drone bans, and rewards for threat tips.
- De la Espriella pledges tough security measures, economic reforms including reducing state size, and a hard line against armed groups and crime.
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Abelardo de la Espriella took office last night as president number 61 of Colombia, during a ceremony held in Cali, the third city of the country. This presidential change materializes after, on June 21, in the second round of the elections, the...
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Colombia: De la Espriella takes office in Cali without Petro present
Abelardo de la Espriella takes office as president of Colombia on Friday at a ceremony held at the Santiago de Cali University, outside Bogotá and without the attendance of his predecessor, Gustavo Petro, in a handover marked by confrontation between the two men.
Car bombs and attacks were most recently part of the sad everyday life in Colombia. They show that the politics of the left-wing populist Petro failed. His successor, the right-wing liberating president Abelardo de la Espriella, is planning a radical new beginning. Not only within the country.
Colombia's new president de la Espriella wants to take a rigorous stand against drug trafficking and cocaine cultivation. Today he takes up his position. In many Colombians, the dark memories are aroused. By Marie-Kristin Boese.
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