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 stand trial on drug charges in the US, clearing the way for US firms to tap Venezuela’s oil reserves.
Petro, who could not stand for another term, and Iván Cepeda, the left-wing candidate he backed, had insisted Colombia should not become another “vassal” of the US.
In one of his first acts as president, de la Espriella said Colombia would join the “Shield of the Americas” security partnership founded by Trump.
The US state department welcomed the move, saying de la Espriella’s “pro-growth agenda” had created an opportunity to “increase trade and deepen economic ties between our countries”.
It also brings Colombia into league with other right-wing governments that have sought closer ties to the Trump administration, such as Argentina, whose libertarian President Javier Milei de le Espriella has said he admired.
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