CALI, Colombia — When Abelardo de la Espriella raises his right hand on Friday, Aug. 7, he will do something no elected Colombian president has done in more than a century: take the oath somewhere other than Bogotá. De la Espriella insists the volcano, not the standoff with Petro, forced his hand, though critics call that framing convenient given how the military-venue dispute was already stalling the plan. President Trump publicly backed De la Espriella before both rounds of the vote, and the two share a preference for hard-line security policy and market-friendly economics. Colombia is set to join Washington's "Shield of the Americas" security coalition once De la Espriella takes office, with Medellín serving as the alliance's regional headquarters in the country. Whether the new administration delivers may determine how durable that overseas support proves once Friday's ceremony in Cali is over.