Colombia’s conservative President Abelardo de la Espriella offered an effusive condemnation of globalism, organized crime, and the notoriously inefficient bureaucracy at the United Nations at the General Assembly on Thursday, urging a return to sovereignty and patriotism.
\n\nDe la Espriella, who took office in August, did not attend the General Assembly as he made a campaign promise to not leave Colombia for the duration of his tenure as president. Vice President José Manuel Restrepo read a speech written by de la Espriella on his behalf, however, in which he outlined the priorities of the Colombian people and his administration and how they overlap with the goal of the United Nations.
\n\nThe speech — demanding an international legal definition of terrorism, robust international action against terrorist criminals, and an end to double standards in the defense of human rights — marked a notable contrast from the last time the country addressed this forum. During the 2025 U.N. General Assembly, de la Espriella’s predecessor Gustavo Petro, an avowed Marxist and member of the defunct terrorist organization M19, rambled for 40 minutes demanding President Donald Trump’s arrest, defending cocaine use, and offering racist comments accusing drug dealers of being predominantly “blond and blue-eyed.”
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