Authorities have reported a car bomb attack in southwestern Colombia, one day after far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in as president. The administration of President de la Espriella quickly pledged a stern response to the car bombing. “As President Abelardo de la Espriella said yesterday, the time for restoring order has begun,” Noguera added. De la Espriella narrowly defeated his leftist opponent, Senator Ivan Cepeda, in a June run-off election that saw the two candidates separated by less than 1 percent of the vote. By contrast, de la Espriella has pledged to return Colombia to a more militarised approach, saying in his inaugural speech that the option of dialogue was “exhausted”.