00:01Washington plans to announce a one-billion security package for the new Colombian president
00:07Abelardo de la Espriella's right-wing administration. According to the White House,
00:12the package is aimed to help the two nations achieve shared goals.
00:17De la Espriella was sworn in as president on Friday in a ceremony attended by a U.S. delegation.
00:23President Donald Trump has been highly complimentary of the new leader,
00:26calling him smart, strong and tough. Trump said that the new president would have the full
00:31support of the United States behind him in office. On Friday, Washington said Colombia had also joined
00:38the so-called Shield of the Americas, which is an alliance of governments stretching from the U.S.
00:44across Central and South America that have vowed to fight narco-trafficking groups.
00:49The U.S. has become increasingly involved in Latin America during Trump's second term in the White
00:54House. It has carried out strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats coming from the region
00:59and launched an operation to capture the Venezuelan leader, Nicolas Maduro.
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