Who Is Abelardo De La Espriella, the Far-Right Lawyer Who Wants to Be President of Colombia?
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With a surprising election success Abelardo de la Espriella creates political turbulence. The right-wing libertarian candidate promises a radical change of course and benefits from dissatisfaction with the left government.
The ultra-right candidate built his career as a criminalist of controversial cases, both in the courts and in the media.
Abelardo de la Espriella had never thrown himself into a position of popular election, and perhaps for this reason his aspiration to the presidency of Colombia has been a surprise to his rivals on the left, but especially to his friends on the right. In the middle of last year, when she was barely preparing to aspire and appeared with 1% voting intention in the polls, the right split between two favorites that no longer appear on the electoral m…
By Sebastián Jiménez Valencia, CNN en Español. In a matter of months, Abelardo de la Espriella went from being a controversial and media-savvy lawyer to a presidential candidate with a real chance of winning in Colombia, thanks to a clear message: to impose authority. He is now the face of a radical and evolving right wing that has capitalized on frustration with traditional parties and channeled a highly theatrical campaign with an outsider sta…
The millionaire lawyer, physically similar to Bukele, has self-financed his campaign and has Italian and American nationality
A lawyer known for his impeccable costumes, his media disputes and his defense of influential figures has become, almost unexpectedly, a strong presidential candidate. So is Abelardo de la Espriella, who presents himself as a leader willing to rule Colombia with “iron hand”, inspired by the styles of Nayib Bukele and Javier Milei, in a nation tired of insecurity and where politics seems increasingly distant.
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