Published video “¡Vamos a actuar para que Buenaventura tenga el lugar que merece en Colombia!”.
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Abelardo de la Espriella
Abelardo Gabriel de la Espriella Otero is a Colombian lawyer, businessman, and politician who has served as the president of Colombia since 2026. He is the founder and leader of the Defenders of the Homeland party, established initially as a movement in 2024.
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business · President of Colombia since 2026 · lawyer · politician · businessperson · also Abelardo de la Espriella, Abelardo Gabriel de la Espriella Otero, Espriella
Born 31 July 1978 · Q137204778
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2026· 18 entries
Published video “Cali y el Valle tendrán todo el respaldo para recuperar su salud”.
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Published video “El presidente De La Espriella anuncia reconstrucción y ayuda para Buenaventura”.
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Published video “El Cairo, Valle del Cauca, jamás se volverá a sentir solo; estoy con el pueblo”.
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Published video “¡De las cenizas nos vamos a levantar!”.
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Published video “¡El Chocó tiene dolientes y este Gobierno responderá! Llegó la hora de saldar la deuda con el Chocó.”.
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Published video “El presidente De La Espriella anuncia plan de reconstrucción para Pereira y Risaralda”.
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Published video “¡Desde El Chocó acompaño a las familias afectadas por la emergencia!”.
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Published video “¡Colombia se levanta! El Presidente anuncia plan de reconstrucción junto al sector privado”.
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Published video “¡Honor y gloria para nuestros héroes!”.
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Public attention spiked: 16,816 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.5× the usual 3,741, with 7 article edits. Editors noted: Presidency (2026–present)
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Public attention spiked: 25,630 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6.9× the usual 3,741, with 57 article edits. Editors noted: Presidency (since 2026) wikilink
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Public attention spiked: 90,185 Wikipedia readers in one day, 24.1× the usual 3,741, with 258 article edits. Editors noted: Political views
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Public attention spiked: 58,360 Wikipedia readers in one day, 15.6× the usual 3,741, with 0 article edits.
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Career landmark: President of Colombia (2026).
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The Inter American Press Association and the Colombian Foundation for Press Freedom raised concerns about potential judicial harassment by de la Espriella when, in response to a column discussing his ties to Saab, he ann
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Campaign: 2026 presidential election.
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“s annexation by the United States as a territory in free association similar in status to Puerto Rico. De la Espriella had also supported ICE”
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2025· 1 entry
“He took on a struggle that all of us from Córdoba should have fought. If I were in his place, I would have done the same.”
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2023· 1 entry
“he must post a video on social media setting forth the terms of the settlement and retracting the defamatory and slanderous statements against President Pastrana. Justice has been served.”
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2019· 1 entry
De la Espriella publicly defended the actions of ESMAD officers involving an incident of police brutality against college students following the 2019 protests that resulted in the death of Dilan Cruz in Bogotá
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2018· 1 entry
De la Espriella served as attorney for former President Andrés Pastrana Arango after a congressman from the Alternative Democratic Pole accused the former President of having ties with the pedophile ring run by Jeffrey E
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2015· 1 entry
De la Espriella served as the attorney for Pastor Álvaro Gámez of Pasto following sexual abuse trials
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2012· 2 entries
De la Espriella represented Dania Londoño Suárez, a Colombian woman linked to the prostitution scandal in Cartagena during the Summit of the Americas and involving members of the United States Secret Service
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Obtained a master's degree in law from Nebrija University
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2008· 2 entries
De la Espriella publicly supported Salvatore Mancuso, a former drug trafficker and former United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia commander
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Báez stated that "the armed organization sought out students, through Abelardo de la Espriella, as a dissemination channel to justify the war undertaken by the paramilitary organization
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2005· 2 entries
De la Espriella founded the Foundation for Peace Initiatives (FIPAZ)
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Founded the Foundation for Peace Initiatives (FIPAZ), which promoted a referendum to prohibit extradition in Colombia and organized forums featuring commanders of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC)
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1978· 1 entry
Born 1978-07-31.
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