Tag: Colombia

• Friday, August 7th 2026 - 10:43 UTC

  Milei promotes a summit of right-wing presidents outside existing regional bodies

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei is working to convene a summit of right-wing leaders from across the Americas outside existing multilateral organizations, though no date has been set. The initiative comes amid a series of trips that took him this week to Ecuador and Colombia.

• Friday, August 7th 2026 - 10:40 UTC

  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.

• Monday, August 3rd 2026 - 18:48 UTC

  Traditional right-wing technocrats and Christian voices will share Colombia's new cabinet

  

  Colombia's president-elect, Abelardo de la Espriella, has completed all eighteen posts in his cabinet four days before taking office, with a team that will combine technical profiles drawn from the traditional right with figures close to Christian movements and to positions aligned with Trumpism.

• Tuesday, July 28th 2026 - 20:00 UTC

  Colombia: official accuses Petro of mistreatment and the president announces legal action against her

  

  The manager of Colombia's Adaptation Fund and former director of the Administrative Department of the Presidency (DAPRE), Angie Rodríguez, publicly accused President Gustavo Petro of subjecting her to mistreatment during her time in government, in remarks to a local radio station. The president responded that the claims are “slanderous” and announced he will pursue criminal action. The exchange comes ten days before the handover of power to president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella.

• Monday, July 27th 2026 - 20:14 UTC

  De la Espriella to close Colombian embassies in 14 countries and cut ties with Cuba and Nicaragua

  

  Colombia's president-elect, Abelardo de la Espriella, announced that his government will close the country's embassies in fourteen nations and will not maintain relations with Cuba and Nicaragua, which he described as “tyrannies.” The measure, released on Sunday night in a video on his social media accounts, will take effect from his inauguration on August 7.

• Monday, July 27th 2026 - 08:44 UTC

  De la Espriella to make Medellín Colombia's hub for the Trump-backed anti-drug alliance

  

  Colombia's president-elect, Abelardo de la Espriella, confirmed that Medellín will host the Colombian headquarters of the Shield of the Americas, the security alliance promoted by US President Donald Trump, and announced he will work part of the time from that city and from Barranquilla. The announcements came during a series of activities in the department of Antioquia, less than two weeks before he takes office on August 7.

• Monday, July 20th 2026 - 20:12 UTC

  Petro calls for 'general and indefinite strike' if successor repeals his reforms

  

  Colombia's outgoing president, Gustavo Petro, called on Monday for a “general and indefinite strike” should the government of his successor, Abelardo de la Espriella, repeal his administration's labor reform or reverse the land reform. De la Espriella, elected in the June 21 runoff, will take office on August 7.

• Sunday, July 19th 2026 - 23:00 UTC

  ICE kills a Colombian and a Mexican in operations where they weren't the target, officials say

  

  Two Latin American migrants were shot dead by agents of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within a week, in operations in which, as federal authorities and lawmakers acknowledged, neither was the intended target. The deaths revived protests and calls for accountability over President Donald Trump's immigration policy.

• Wednesday, July 15th 2026 - 22:16 UTC

  Petro confirms he will skip De la Espriella's inauguration, repeating fraud claim

  

  Colombia's outgoing president, Gustavo Petro, has confirmed he will not attend the August 7 inauguration of his successor, Abelardo de la Espriella, whose victory he continues to reject. The decision breaks with the tradition under which the departing head of state accompanies the president-elect during the oath before Congress.

• Tuesday, July 14th 2026 - 07:33 UTC

  Colombia: Petro bars military sites for inauguration; De la Espriella says he will go ahead

  

  Colombia's outgoing president, Gustavo Petro, has ordered that no military facility be used for the inauguration of his successor, Abelardo de la Espriella, scheduled for August 7. The president-elect responded that he will maintain his intention to be sworn in at a garrison in the south of the country, deepening the standoff between the two men less than a month before the handover.