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US gifts $1bn to Colombia on new right-wing president's first day of office
The report
Abelardo de la Espriella used his maiden speech to promise an "all-out war" on what he calls "narco-terrorism"
The impact
The significance lies in what happens next: BBC notes that responses are already forming.
The gifts backdrop
The arc leading to this moment stretches across multiple prior developments in gifts, 1bn, colombia, right, wing, as BBC has documented.
Where this fits in Signal Ledger
Related coverage from the World desk.
Our gifts read
Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of gifts, 1bn, colombia, right, wing: Abelardo de la Espriella used his maiden speech to promise an "all-out war" on what he calls "narco-terrorism".
Source note
BBC reporting: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy9wy3y0e5wo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss