Abelardo De La Espriella Wants to Make Barranquilla the “Alternative Capital” of Colombia: “The Centralist Abandonment Is Over!”
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From Córdoba, where he advanced a new regional junction, the elected president gave light on what the proposal would be like to give greater prominence to the capital of the Atlantic and make it his secondary government headquarters
President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella, at the same territorial meeting with which he announced that he will be his director of the Ungrd and its ambassador in Mexico, confirmed that he will dispatch from three alternative venues to the Casa de Nariño, in Bogotá: they will be in Medellín, Cali and Barranquilla, the city in which he lives and where he has received officials, foreign senators and local leaders since he is elected president. “You…
President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella announced that he will present to Congress a draft legislative act so that Barranquilla is recognized as Colombia’s alternate capital. During a speech, he said that he will promote a model of decentralization and that he will govern from the regions. He also said that he seeks to leave centralism behind and strengthen the role of different cities in the country’s decisions. De la Espriella recalled that 1…
The city of Barranquilla, the most important in the Colombian Caribbean, known for its carnival and for being the birthplace of Shakira and Sofia Vergara, will take a leap in national politics as an alternate seat of the government by decision of the elected president, Abelardo de la Espriella, who will assume on August 7. In the electoral campaign, De la Espriella promised to take a turn in the centralist vision that since independence has mark…
The sixth regional junction of Abelardo de la Espriella left commitments for Córdoba, a route to prioritize projects and a constitutional reform proposal that put decentralization at the center of the country’s political debate. By: Jairo Aníbal Doria MONTERÍA. One day after the visit of President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella to Montería, the balance sheet of national coverage allows us to establish that the most far-reaching announcement was …
Abelardo de la Espriella announces constitutional reform to make Barranquilla the alternate capital of Colombia Agencia Period... Mié, 22/07/2026 - 20:27 The elected president said he will promote a legislative act so that the capital of the Atlantic is recognized in the Constitution as the alternate capital of the country.
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