2 hours ago Speaking to reporters connected Monday, Trump said that de la Espriella had "won easily", adjacent though his pb of 0.96 percent points successful the preliminary number is the narrowest successful caller Colombian history.
Writing connected Truth Social, Trump said helium was looking guardant to moving unneurotic "to physique a almighty relationship".
The narration betwixt the 2 historical allies had suffered successful caller years arsenic Trump traded insults with Colombia's outgoing president, the left-winger Gustavo Petro.
Trump had called Petro a "sick man" and a "drug-trafficking leader" without providing immoderate evidence, portion Petro had said that the US president was basing his migration argumentation connected that of the Nazis.
Following the US subject cognition to prehend Venezuelan person Nicolás Maduro successful January, Trump had besides remarked that a subject cognition targeting neighbouring Colombia sounded "good".
Asked by a Colombian writer astir however helium saw the narration betwixt the US and Colombia processing pursuing Sunday's election, Trump said "it'll beryllium better, helium [de la Espriella] is going to beryllium a large president".
De la Espriella campaigned connected a committedness to ace down connected drug-trafficking gangs and transgression organisations which person agelong blighted the country, which is the world's largest shaper of coca, the earthy worldly utilized to marque cocaine.
He has said that helium wants Colombia to articulation the "Shield of the Americas", an confederation of Latin Americans countries and the US aimed astatine combating cartels.
President Petro had derided the alliance's inaugural acme held successful Miami successful March, saying that "the 17 countries gathered are the slightest experienced successful the combat against drugs successful the Americas".
De la Espriella has promised to co-operate much intimately with the US successful the combat against cause trafficking, saying that helium plans to weaponry drug-trafficking gangs and let the US to person subject bases wrong Colombia.
Some voters who backed Cepeda, expressed their interest that nether de la Espriella Colombia could spot a resurgence of quality rights abuses specified arsenic the "false positives" scandal, erstwhile much than 6,400 civilians were killed and falsely passed disconnected arsenic left-wing guerrillas to boost the army's termination complaint during Colombia's equipped conflict.
But successful his triumph speech, de la Espriella insisted that portion helium would travel down hard connected cause traffickers and "bandits", helium would bash truthful wrong the confines of the instrumentality and the constitution.
The caller president volition beryllium sworn into bureau connected 7 August.
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