Tag: Abelardo de la Espriella

• Saturday, September 26th 2026 - 11:06 UTC

  De la Espriella announces the reopening of oil exploration in Colombia, including fracking

  

  Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella announced on Friday that his government will “fully” reopen hydrocarbon exploration and the signing of new contracts, including hydraulic fracturing, during the swearing-in of businessman Joaquín Gutiérrez as president of Ecopetrol, the country's largest company.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2026 - 10:30 UTC

  De la Espriella skips the UN and delegates Colombia's address to his vice president

  

  Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella will not attend the United Nations General Assembly and has delegated the country's address to his vice president, José Manuel Restrepo, scheduled for Thursday afternoon, September 24. It is the first time in recent history that a Colombian vice president has taken on that role.

• Wednesday, September 9th 2026 - 09:33 UTC

  Colombia's human rights ombudsman challenges De la Espriella over display of bodies

  

  Colombia's human rights ombudsman has challenged President Abelardo de la Espriella over the release of footage showing him walking among the bodies of suspected FARC dissident fighters killed in a military operation, in the first public disagreement between the rights body and the government that took office on August 7.

• Monday, September 7th 2026 - 08:52 UTC

  De la Espriella completes his first month with a full reversal of Petro's diplomacy

  

  Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella completed his first month in office on Monday with a series of foreign policy decisions that reverse his predecessor Gustavo Petro's approach and tighten alignment with the United States and Israel.

• Monday, August 24th 2026 - 21:37 UTC

  Colombia orders deportation of irregular migrants after a decade as the main host country

  

  Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has ordered coordinated operations between the migration authority and the police to begin this week to identify and deport foreigners without regular migration status, marking a shift from the policy the country has maintained for more than a decade as the main destination for Venezuelan migration.

• Monday, August 24th 2026 - 07:32 UTC

  Almost half the minors recruited by armed groups in 2025 were approached via social media

  

  Some 44% of children and adolescents recruited by armed groups in Colombia during 2025 were approached through social media or platforms such as TikTok and Facebook, according to data from the Special Jurisdiction for Peace cited in a Human Rights Watch report published on Monday.

• Saturday, August 22nd 2026 - 08:40 UTC

  Colombia's government objects to the law barring lower requirements for senior posts

  

  Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella this week objected to the first bill sent to him for signature since he took office on August 7: legislation prohibiting any reduction in the minimum education and experience requirements for senior positions in the public sector and in companies with state participation.

• Tuesday, August 18th 2026 - 06:38 UTC

  Colombia's president hands out branded footballs in an earthquake-hit port city

  

  Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella was filmed on Sunday throwing footballs to children on a street in Buenaventura, the country's main Pacific port and one of the places worst affected by the magnitude 7.4 earthquake of August 10. The balls carried the logo of Defensores de la Patria, the political movement that brought him to the presidency eleven days ago.

• Sunday, August 16th 2026 - 07:40 UTC

  Colombia asks Washington to suspend 12.5% tariffs over the earthquake emergency

  

  Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella on Saturday asked his US counterpart, Donald Trump, to temporarily suspend tariffs on Colombian goods, arguing this would give exporters relief as the country faces the economic consequences of Monday's magnitude 7.4 earthquake.

• Saturday, August 15th 2026 - 06:08 UTC

  Colombia: De la Espriella calls the situation in Pereira “apocalyptic” after touring the city

  

  Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella on Friday described the situation in Pereira, capital of Risaralda department and one of the places worst hit by Monday's magnitude 7.4 earthquake in the west and center of the country, as “apocalyptic.”