Abelardo de la Espriella sworn in as Colombia's president, in Cali not Bogotá

Germany

STATE MEDIA

2 SOURCES

Critical European Reading · 3 of 15 countries

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.

Argentina

3 SOURCES

Consecration of a Regional Right-Wing Bloc · 2 of 15 countries

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.

Belgium

2 SOURCES

Shift Viewed Through Self-Interest · 7 of 15 countries

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.

Bolivia

3 SOURCES

Shift Viewed Through Self-Interest · 7 of 15 countries

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

Brazil

4 SOURCES

Shift Viewed Through Self-Interest · 7 of 15 countries

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.

Canada

2 SOURCES

Trump Ally, 'El Tigre' Found · 2 of 15 countries

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

Chile

2 SOURCES

Consecration of a Regional Right-Wing Bloc · 2 of 15 countries

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.

Colombia

3 SOURCES

Shift Viewed Through Self-Interest · 7 of 15 countries

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.

Ecuador

4 SOURCES

Shift Viewed Through Self-Interest · 7 of 15 countries

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.

Spain

3 SOURCES

Critical European Reading · 3 of 15 countries

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".

United States

3 SOURCES

Trump Ally, 'El Tigre' Found · 2 of 15 countries

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

France

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4 SOURCES

Critical European Reading · 3 of 15 countries

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.

Mexico

3 SOURCES

Shift Viewed Through Self-Interest · 7 of 15 countries

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.

Peru

4 SOURCES

Shift Viewed Through Self-Interest · 7 of 15 countries

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.

Venezuela

2 SOURCES

Economic Reading and Relay of the Opposition · 1 of 15 countries

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".