And, earlier this month, de la Espriella broke from precedent by giving his first post-inauguration speech at a military base in Cali that had recently been attacked, allegedly by guerrillas, instead of in Bogotá.
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Daniel Castro,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2026
About 70% of them are former FARC guerrillas, 29% are former members of the security forces and the rest are civilians.
Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise, which traces its roots to 1954, involved around 18,000 Korean troops and an undisclosed number of American soldiers this year.
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Lisa Kim,
CNBC,
26 Aug. 2026
The good news is the world has not seen a successful military coup since November of last year, when soldiers deposed the president of Guinea-Bissau on the coast of West Africa.
—
Keith B. Richburg,
Washington Post,
25 Aug. 2026
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