Colombia's new right-wing president sworn in
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What is the opening overview of today’s Global News Podcast?
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This is the global news podcast from the BBC World Service.
Mm-hmm. Mm.
I'm Charlotte Gallagher, and in the early hours of Saturday, the 8th of August, these are our main stories. Colombia's new president has been sworn into office and promises to hunt down cartels like rats. Donald Trump is forced to hit pause on his plan to build a $400 million ballroom in the White House. The BBC tracks down the spy chief of Syria's former dictator, Bashar Al-Assad. Faz. Also in this podcast, the thousand child migrants currently stuck in the Spanish territory of Ceuta. We start the podcast in Colombia, where Abdulado de la Esprescia has been sworn in as the country's new president. Toma de juramento al señor vicepresidente de la República de Colombia electo.
Doctor José Manuel Restrepo Bondano.
The ceremony was held in the southwestern city of Cali rather than the capital, Bogota. In his speech, the right wing president, who's a supporter and ally of Donald Trump, vowed to improve security and tackle drug traffickers and armed groups.
From Cali, a city so closely linked to national life and the capital of a province that has suffered the scourge of terrorism, drug trafficking and the actions of violent groups, I send a firm message to the Colombian people the time has come to restore order, authority and freedom.
Some of the region's other right wing leaders were there, including Argentina's Javier Millet. BBC Mundo's Columbia correspondent Jose Carlos Cueto Lopez told me more about the new president.
He was pretty much unknown in the political sphere before.
For launching his presidential candidacy in July twenty twenty five. He describes himself as a political outsider and a high profile lawyer who built much of his public profile through the media and social media. He describes himself as an admirer of Donald Trump. They both share the preference for a tough approach to crime, free market economic policies, and conservative and often religious speech. In fact, Trump endorsed him during the campaign, and many analysts now expect a new chapter in the relationship between Colombia and the United States and the relationship It's important not only economically but also in terms of security because for decades Colombia has been one of Washington's closest uh security partners in Latin America.
Both the Lespre and Trump share, say was a preference for using the military to tackle organized crime and drug trafficking and approach that has also attracted criticism from human right groups. So yeah, I would say that he's a figure who attracts strong support but also strong opposition. And you mentioned there this relationship with Donald Trump. I wondered if anything had been said then about Colombians that were killed by the US military, you know, for allegedly being drug traffickers off the coast of Colombia. Has that come up in the campaign at all? Delespreya himself has promised to bomb drug trafficking camps, drug trafficking vessels, and that strategy pretty much echoes the one that Trump is developing right now that has left more than two hundred people killed in South American waters since last August in twenty twenty five, so I would say that Del Esprege is willing to take a very strong stance against armed groups in the country.
I think I read that he said he was gonna hunt cartels down like rats. And is the security situation and the power of cartels in Colombia is that very concerning for just normal voters, the impact that it's having on their lives? Yeah, it has been a primary concern in Colombia pretty much since the armed conflict started sixty years ago.
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Chapters
3 chapters
1
What is the opening overview of today’s Global News Podcast?
0:00–6:09
2
How did Colombia’s new right‑wing president Abelardo de la Espriella take office and what are his security promises?
6:09–7:29
3
Why did a US appeals court order a halt to Donald Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom project?
7:29–29:10
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