Abelardo de la Espriella promises more prisons and a crackdown after cocaine production and the ranks of armed groups expanded across the country.
Positioned near coca farms and Pacific smuggling corridors, Cali has become a violent microcosm of a global drug boom.
The question is not whether Abelardo de la Espriella is willing to fight the cartels. Everyone knows he is. The real question ...
Abelardo de la Espriella, a rich lawyer who promised an iron-fisted crackdown on drug thugs, finished ahead of ruling movement’s leftist hopeful.
In May, Colombians will choose a successor to President Gustavo Petro, the first leftist leader in the country’s modern history. The results of that election will cement — or erase — Petro’s legacy at ...
This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Colombia's army formed its first unmanned aircraft battalion in October 2025 in response to ...
Colombia has swung to the right, electing nationalist lawyer and political newcomer Abelardo De La Espriella as president, accelerating a rightward shift rippling across Latin America. In Peru, ...
MIAMI—Colombian officials are working to eliminate the nation’s illicit cocaine trade and replace it with chocolate. “We say to the world, ‘Please buy cocoa, not coca,’” Defense Minister Pedro Arnulfo ...
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HE won, BIG!” exulted Donald Trump on Truth Social, welcoming the victory of Abelardo De La Espriella, his preferred ...
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