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Abelardo de la Espriella Sworn In as Colombia's President in Shift to Political Right

Abelardo de la Espriella has been sworn in as Colombia's president during a ceremony in Cali, succeeding leftist leader Gustavo Petro and marking a political shift to the right while breaking with the century-old tradition of holding presidential inaugurations in Bogota.
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