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De la Espriella’s outreach to the Pentagon could result in direct U.S. participation, marking a harder approach than that attributed to predecessor Gustavo Petro.
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De la Espriella’s outreach to the Pentagon could result in direct U.S. participation, marking a harder approach than that attributed to predecessor Gustavo Petro.
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President Gustavo Petro severed Colombia’s diplomatic relations with Israel over the Gaza war and called the Israeli government “genocidal.” Bolivia and Belize had previously cut ties.
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His outreach to the Pentagon could see the U.S. join his fight.
De la Espriella’s outreach to the Pentagon could result in direct U.S. participation, marking a harder approach than that attributed to predecessor Gustavo Petro.
Open source reportJust days after his inauguration last week, he authorized a military operation that killed the head of a left-wing rebel group in central Colombia.
Days after his inauguration, President de la Espriella authorized an operation that killed the head of an unidentified left-wing rebel group in central Colombia.
Open source reportU.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said that Colombia's new right-wing president, Abelardo de la Espriella, asked for U.S. military help fighting narco-terrorism and authorized joint military operations to strike drug traffickers in Colombia.
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said President Abelardo de la Espriella requested American military assistance against narco-terrorism and authorized joint strikes on drug traffickers inside Colombia.
Open source reportThe Financial Times reported that members (and former members) of Colombian cartels, paramilitaries, and other armed groups are volunteering to fight for Ukraine in an effort to train in the latest drone warfare tactics so they can later deploy them against Colombia's government forces, who lack such training.
Current and former members of Colombian cartels, paramilitaries and other armed groups are volunteering in Ukraine to learn modern drone tactics for possible later use against Colombian government forces. Ukraine says it is expelling volunteers with known criminal records.
Open source reportConservative candidate Abelardo De La Espriella won Colombia's presidential election yesterday, with a razor-thin margin of just 1% over leftist continuity candidate Iván Cepeda.
Conservative candidate Abelardo De La Espriella defeated Iván Cepeda by one percentage point. De La Espriella is a criminal-defense lawyer without prior political experience and attributes his appeal to dissatisfaction with President Gustavo Petro.
Open source reportSunday is Father's Day in the U.S. and election day in Colombia, where Abelardo de la Espriella faces Iván Cepeda in a run-off for the presidency. De la Espriella - a right-wing businessman who styles himself after Pres. Trump - leads Cepeda - a left-leaning continuity candidate - in polls, but not by much.
Abelardo de la Espriella and Iván Cepeda will contest a presidential runoff on Sunday, with de la Espriella holding a narrow polling lead.
Open source reportFar-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella won the first round of Colombia's presidential election, but with less support than he needed to win the presidency outright. He'll face far-left candidate Iván Cepeda in a run-off on June 21.
Abelardo de la Espriella led the first round but fell short of an outright victory and will face Iván Cepeda. President Gustavo Petro rejected the result while offering no substantiation for irregularities.
Open source reportFar-left candidate Iván Cepeda is likely to win the most votes - but not a majority - in Sunday's first round, which will pit him against either far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella or center-right rival Paloma Valencia in a run-off on June 21.
Iván Cepeda will lead the first round without a majority and face either Abelardo de la Espriella or Paloma Valencia in a June 21 runoff.
Open source reportColombia votes for its parliament Sunday
Colombia will hold parliamentary elections on Sunday.
Open source reportAfter yesterday's report that Colombian fighters were aboard the Nyala-bound plane, Petro called for a ban on mercenary activity.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro appeared to acknowledge reports of Colombian fighters serving with the RSF and called for mercenary activity to be banned following the Nyala aircraft incident.
Open source reportThat helped justify a decision to suspend flights from Colombia to Venezuela for only a week. Flights will resume after the election.
Cabello said 21 detained people were Venezuelan and 17 were foreign nationals, while alleging all entered from Colombia. That allegation is linked to a one-week flight suspension scheduled to end after the election.
Open source reportColombia's Pres. Petro divulged that vast stockpiles of ammunition - including millions of bullets, thousands of grenades, and 37 anti-tank missiles - were stolen from two Colombian military bases.
President Gustavo Petro disclosed the theft of millions of bullets, thousands of grenades and 37 anti-tank missiles from two military bases. According to Petro, an allegation of armed-forces involvement in illegal arms trafficking and a suggestion that some weapons may have reached overseas criminal groups, including Haitian gangs.
Open source reportColombia's leftist president, Gustavo Petro, severed diplomatic ties with Israel over its war in Gaza and called the Israeli government "genocidal." Colombia is the third American country to cut ties with Israel: Bolivia and Belize did so in November.
President Gustavo Petro severed Colombia’s diplomatic relations with Israel over the Gaza war and called the Israeli government “genocidal.” Bolivia and Belize had previously cut ties.
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