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International Guest - Earthquake in Colombia: the New Far Right Power Faces "a First Test of Fire"

West of Colombia stricken by the most powerful earthquake of the last decade. An earthquake of magnitude 7.4 that killed, according to a last assessment on Tuesday 11 August, more than 240 people. It is time to clear the rubble and search for survivors. A first urgent issue for the new president of far right, Abelardo de la Espriella, who took office three days ago. The United States, allies of the new government, offered a help of $15.5 million…

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DECRYPTAGE - Colombia's President Abelardo de la Espriella has been in office for less than a week and faces one of the worst tragedies in the country for decades. He appeals first and foremost to Donald Trump's America.

·Paris, France
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Invested as Head of State on August 7, Abelardo de la Espriella is directly confronted with a test of the exercise of power. ...

·Brussels, Belgium
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(Los Angeles=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Kyung-yoon = The new president, just three days into his term, faces the immense task of managing the worst earthquake of the 21st century in Colombia...

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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Pereira (Colombia), 11 Aug (EFE).- The president of Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, arrived on Tuesday in the city of Pereira, capital of the coffee department of Risaralda, one of the most affected by the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that shook most of the country on the eve. "I walk to the Cafetero Axis to continue in front of the emergency and join efforts in the face of the effects left by yesterday's earthquake", announced this morning the …

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The president of Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, faces his first big management test hours after assuming power: an earthquake of magnitude 7.4 that has caused hundreds of deaths, thousands of injuries and an emergency that forces the new government to turn to the most affected regions. The president, who assumed the power of the ... Continue reading "From Espriella, without honeymoon: earthquake 7.4 puts him to the test 3 days after assumin…

·Concepción, Chile
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The images of the earthquake and its impact in Cali showed, among other frightening aspects, how one of the buildings of the Pichincha Battalion, where three days earlier had given his inaugural speech Abelardo de la Espriella, collapsed as the soldiers tried to stand in the open space of the headquarters of the Third Army Brigade, in the capital of the badly hit department of Valle del Cauca. A day after the earthquake, the country woke up not …

·Madrid, Spain
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El Pais broke the news in Madrid, Spain on Monday, August 10, 2026.
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