De la Espriella’s deportation order signals a sharp turn in Colombia’s migration policy, shifting from years of regularization and integration toward stricter enforcement, and potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans.
This is what Colombia's first far-right government will look like. Traditional conservatives, regional political clans, technocrats and newcomers make up the team that will govern alongside De la Espriella.
Colombia's runoff pits a pro-business outsider against a Bulgaria-educated neo-Marxist Petro ally — with petroleum, healthcare, and investment sectors watching closely.