New Colombia President Pledges Robust Fight Against Crime, Fiscal Austerity
The new president also vowed tax reform, spending freezes and expanded oil and gas production to restore investor confidence.
- On Friday, President Abelardo De La Espriella was sworn in at a university auditorium in Cali, then addressed troops at the Pichincha Battalion during a 75-minute speech promising a "profound transformation" of the nation.
- De La Espriella's victory reflects a regional rightward shift across Latin America; the 48-year-old lawyer, who has never held elected office, won June's runoff by promising to shrink the state by 40% and revive the oil sector.
- Bolstering security, the new president vowed to "definitively eradicate the scourge of illicit crops" using aerial herbicides, and Colombia will join the Shield of the Americas program founded by U.S. President Donald Trump.
- Senator Ivan Cepeda led a protest march in Barranquilla on Friday, calling for peaceful civil disobedience, while the administration appointed Finance Minister Miguel Gomez and Foreign Minister Omar Bula to navigate a divided congress.
- Finance Minister Gomez noted the fiscal deficit stands at 7% to 8% of GDP, necessitating imminent tax reform, while consulting firm Colombia Risk Analysis reports the administration will focus initial efforts on direct executive actions.
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Citing Thomas Jefferson, Conservative Abelardo de la Espriella Becomes President of Colombia
by Christian K. Caruzo, Breitbart: Colombia’s conservative President Abelardo de la Espriella took office as the nation’s new head of state for the next four years on Friday afternoon. The presidential inauguration, hosted by the city of Cali for the first time in the country’s history, occurred under the watch of a highly reinforced security […]
The ultra-right president of Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, has quoted the former president of the Spanish government Adolfo Suárez this Friday to promise that he will rule from the regions and travel the country during his term of office , when he delivered his first speech as head of state. «Paraphrasing that great protagonist of the Spanish democratic transition to, Adolfo Suárez, I can promise and promise that I will rule from the regio…
Abelardo de la Espriella er tatt i ed som ny president i Colombia. Han nyter støtte fra USAs president Donald Trump.
On Friday (7), Abelardo de la Espriella made his first speech to dozens of soldiers who heard an order for "definitive fighting" against criminal groups accompanied by the promise of "all legal guarantees". "I order the military and police forces to fight definitively against all criminal structures and their members", said the ultra-rightist in the Pichincha Battalion in Cali. "Militaries and country police: this government will protect them. Y…
Right-wing politician Abelardo de la Espriella announces a tough course against violence as Colombia's new president.
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