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total peace ends

Colombia ends Total Peace strategy with armed groups

Colombia formally ended the Total Peace negotiation strategy with armed rebel groups on Aug 27 and resumed extraditions to the United States, with a Bloomberg follow-up on Aug 30 framing it as a blow to the peace process. Ending negotiations without a settlement returns the relationship with those groups to a purely military one, while resumed extradition is the most concrete measure of the bilateral security relationship functioning.

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de la espriella inauguration

Colombia's new president vows to remake the country and challenge its fragile peace

Abelardo de la Espriella was inaugurated Aug 7 in an orderly, unrest-free transfer held deliberately in Cali, pledging all-out war on narco-terrorism and fiscal austerity while inheriting a documented 8.1%-of-GDP deficit with the fiscal rule suspended; IAPA and FLIP flagged his 109-suit defamation history against journalists as a press-freedom warning. Stability improved -7 to -6 on the realized institutional pass; press freedom held pending conduct in office.

NPRindependent
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colombia frozen transition

Two alleged corruption cases threaten Petro's final weeks

The presidential transition remains frozen going into the Aug 7 inauguration: Petro says he will not attend but promises a peaceful transfer, while two new alleged corruption cases hit his final weeks and the handover apparatus suspended July 7-8 has not restarted. Political stability held at -7; inauguration day decides direction.

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colombia july20 marches

En vivo: marchas este 20 de julio en la capital del pais

Petro's July 20 mobilizations ran 195+ actions across 26 departments (some TransMilenio vandalism, 22 arrests, localized youth-police clashes); president-elect De la Espriella held a separate parallel agenda. The Aug 7 inauguration-venue standoff is unresolved: held Colombia political_stability at -7, confidence up.

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colombia inauguration standoffES

Abelardo de la Espriella confirmed he will be inaugurated at a military garrison in the south of the country

The transition rupture escalated to the handover itself: Petro barred military installations from hosting the Aug 7 inauguration (law requires a ceremony before Congress in Bogota), De la Espriella ratified July 14 he will be sworn in at a southern garrison regardless, and Petro called July 20 marches. Drove Colombia political_stability -6 to -7 and rule_of_law -3 to -4.

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