Earthquake deepens Colombia leader’s push to empower remote regions

Yeiner Mena had only recently finished building a new home with his wife in the remote Colombian city of Quibdo when the strongest earthquake in 50 years reduced it to rubble. “We lost everything,” Mena, 30, said. “We are alone.” The challenge facing new President Abelardo de la Espriella is to prove to families like Mena’s that they’re not. A conservative lawyer and political outsider, De la ...