00:01Washington plans to announce a one-billion security package for the new Colombian president,
00:07Abelardo de la Espriella's right-wing administration.
00:10According to the White House, the 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,
00:27calling him smart, strong and tough.
00:28Trump said that the new president would have the full support of the United States behind him in office.
00:35On Friday, Washington said Colombia had also joined the so-called Shield of the Americas,
00:41which is an alliance of governments stretching from the U.S. across Central and South America
00:45that 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 House.
00:54It has carried out strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats coming from the region
00:59and launched an operation to capture the Venezuelan leader, NicolĂĄs Maduro.
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