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US offers $1bn to Colombia on new right-wing president's first day of office - BBC

US offers $1bn to Colombia on new right-wing president's first day of office - BBC

Abelardo de la Espriella used his maiden speech to promise an "all-out war" on what he calls "narco-terrorism".

Petro, for his part, was highly critical of Trump's influence on the region, as well as his administration's seizure of Venezuela's socialist PresidentNicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, to st… [+98 chars]

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