Tag: Abelardo de la Espriella

• 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.”

• Thursday, August 13th 2026 - 22:31 UTC

  Colombia faces reconstruction with 96% of the year's debt quota already used

  

  Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella declared an economic emergency on Wednesday to address the consequences of Monday's magnitude 7.4 earthquake in the west of the country, against a backdrop of fiscal constraints that will shape how reconstruction is financed.

• Wednesday, August 12th 2026 - 00:05 UTC

  Colombia asks for supplies but not foreign rescue personnel after the earthquake

  

  Colombia's government has requested international aid in the form of supplies for those affected by Monday's magnitude 7.4 earthquake, but has not called for foreign rescue teams, despite offers from at least six countries and multilateral bodies.

• Monday, August 10th 2026 - 14:29 UTC

  Colombia records its strongest earthquake in a decade, geological service says

  

  A magnitude 7.4 earthquake shook western and central Colombia on Monday, causing damage in several cities and affecting six airports. It is the strongest earthquake recorded in the country in the past decade, according to the Colombian Geological Service (SGC). No official casualty figures have been released so far.

• Monday, August 10th 2026 - 08:32 UTC

  De la Espriella sets ten armed group leaders as his target for his first 90 days

  

  Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has pledged to capture or kill ten leaders of illegal armed groups during the first 90 days of his term, which began on Friday in Cali. The commitment, made during his campaign, is the centerpiece of the “shock plan” with which the new president seeks to reverse the negotiation policy of his predecessor, Gustavo Petro.