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Clara Espinoza

Colombia's New President Faces His First Real Crisis: Keeping the Lights On

Colombia's President Abelardo de la Espriella speaks during a press conference at the Palacio de San Carlos in Bogota on August 12, 2026. (Credit: Photo by ESTEBAN VEGA LA-ROTTA / AFP via Getty Images)

Colombia's new president, Abelardo de la Espriella, is barely three weeks into a four-year term that promised order and prosperity, and already he is being pushed to declare a national emergency over something else entirely: the risk that the country's lights could go out.

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