The De la Espriella administration rejected a project to address the drinking water crisis in Santa Marta, and Gustavo Petro criticized it: “Don’t be shameless.”

Former Colombian president Gustavo Petro criticized a decision by Abelardo de la Espriella's administration to scrap a planned desalination plant project intended to address the potable water crisis in Santa Marta, Magdalena. In response to the cancellation, Petro publicly condemned the government's action using strong language, demanding accountability regarding the handling of the regional water shortage.

Simultaneously, in the Dominican Republic, the director of the National Institute of Potable Water and Sewers (Inapa), Wellington Arnaud, announced that the government is actively seeking a broad consensus to modernize the national water law. Arnaud described the legislative modernization process as complex due to the involvement of multiple sectors with diverse interests.