Colombia’s new president takes office in ceremony in Cali highlighting hard line on armed groups

Conservative Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in as Colombia’s president Friday, not in the capital as is the tradition, but in the volatile southwestern city of Cali in a move meant to signal his hard-line approach to illegal armed groups operating in the region.

Colombia’s new president takes office in ceremony in Cali highlighting hard line on armed groups  AP News

Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in as Colombia’s president Friday in Cali, breaking tradition by not holding the ceremony in Bogota

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro and data analysts presented evidence suggesting that President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella won the election through the mass manipulation of tally sheets. During a two-hour presentation, Petro claimed that almost all tally sheets that had been shared with his political party, the H