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  "id": 16052206,
  "title": "De la Espriella sacks interior minister after Congress bungles Colombia’s 2027 budget",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/de-la-espriella-sacks-interior-minister-after-congress-bungles",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T13:08:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Colombia Reports",
    "slug": "colombia-reports",
    "url": "https://colombiareports.com/de-la-espriella-sacks-interior-minister-after-congress-bungles-colombias-2027-budget/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Colombia President Abelardo de la Espriella sacked Interior Minister Rodrigo Lara hours after Congress found a procedural flaw in the passed 2027 budget, which makes the law invalid. In a post on social media platform X, De la Espriella briefly thanked Lara and announced he would be replaced by the ambassador to the Organization of […] The post De la Espriella sacks interior minister after…",
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        "published": "2026-10-21T13:17:20.000Z"
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        "title": "Minister of Interior meets Belgian Minister of Security, Interior",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/minister-of-interior-meets-belgian-minister-of-security-interior-16040362",
        "published": "2026-10-22T11:47:08.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Colombia One",
        "title": "Alejandro Ordoñez, a Foe of Petro and the Left, Named De la Espriella’s Interior Minister",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/alejandro-ordonez-a-foe-of-petro-and-the-left-named-de-la-espriellas",
        "published": "2026-10-22T11:51:05.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}