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Buenos Aires is witnessing the final leg of Javier Milei's regional tour in this inauguration, more so than the Colombian transfer of power itself.

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Brussels is gauging the unprecedented break that this inauguration outside the Colombian capital represents, caught between a shift to the right and the risk of social instability.

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La Paz is gauging De la Espriella's inauguration in the context of its own political turmoil, rather than examining the underlying Colombian factors.

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Brazil gauges the rightward shift in Bogotá through the lens of its own recent political history and is opting for a pragmatic rather than ideological relationship with the new Colombian administration.

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Ottawa is first gauging the scope of the displayed alliance with Washington, more so than the ideological shift in Colombia itself.

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Chile sees José Antonio Kast's trip to Cali as confirmation of a shared ideological axis with Bogotá, rather than the $1 billion US security package revealed by La Tercera.

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Colombia has witnessed a break with protocol: for the first time in its recent history, the presidential inauguration ceremony has left Bogotá for Cali, as business leaders and former presidents call for national unity.

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Berlin remembers a previously attempted policy: the fear of a return to glyphosate fumigation, embodied by a farmer from Putumayo, carries as much weight as the openly displayed alliance with Washington.

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Quito is negotiating in Cali a concrete benefit in terms of security, trade, and energy, rather than just a protocolary tribute to the new Colombian government.

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Madrid is gauging the diplomatic implications of King Felipe VI's attendance at the inauguration of a president whom Spanish media describes as "ultra-right-wing".

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France sees Abelardo de la Espriella's inauguration as a shift to the far right in a South American country previously led by the left, viewed through the lens of the Trump-Milei duo rather than solely internal security.

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Mexico City is primarily focused on the security logistics and the boycott of the Pacto Histórico, rather than the ideological shift that other capitals are highlighting.

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Lima welcomes a transition that it assesses mainly in terms of its own diplomatic interests, between the Pacific Alliance and a conservative shift that echoes its own.

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The United States government welcomes Abelardo de la Espriella as a renewed ally after four years of tensions with Gustavo Petro.

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Caracas is primarily focused on the economic program numbers presented by De la Espriella, rather than his ideological shift, and is echoing Iván Cepeda's call to "resistance".

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