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Trump Endorses Abelardo De La Espriella, Right-Wing Presidential Candidate in Colombia
Abelardo De La Espriella at his closing rally in Medellín, Colombia. He gave campaign speeches from a bulletproof booth.
Who is Abelardo de la Espriella, the far‑right Trump fan who could lead Colombia?
Who is Abelardo de la Espriella, the far‑right Trump fan who could lead Colombia? Far-right defence attorney and businessman Abelardo de la Espriella topped the first round of Colombia’s presidential election Sunday, followed closely by leftist senator Ivan Cepeda. A fervent supporter of US President Donald Trump as well as the authoritarian crime crackdown of El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, De la Espriella has promised to wage an uncompromising war against the splintered armed groups...
Can Abelardo De La Espriella, a U.S. Citizen, Become Colombia’s President?
Abelardo De La Espriella with his ballot after voting in the first round of the presidential election in Barranquilla, Colombia, on Sunday.
Cepeda, de la Espriella advance in Colombia’s presidential election
Cepeda, de la Espriella advance in Colombia’s presidential election The left-wing senator and far-right newcomer will face each other in a runoff on June 21, with security a top issue. Far-right outsider Abelardo de la Espriella will face left-wing Senator Ivan Cepeda in the runoff for Colombia’s presidential election next month. As polls closed on Sunday, the two candidates surged ahead in the vote tally, quickly extinguishing the hopes of right-wing Senator Paloma Valencia, a former...
Trump Endorses Abelardo De La Espriella, Right-Wing Presidential Candidate in Colombia
Abelardo De La Espriella at his closing rally in Medellín, Colombia. He gave campaign speeches from a bulletproof booth.
Celebration, shock and scepticism follow Colombia’s presidential election
Celebration, shock and scepticism follow Colombia’s presidential election Far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella beat left-wing Senator Ivan Cepeda in the first round, upending expectations. Less than two hours after polling stations closed on Sunday, it was clear that Colombia’s presidential race would be settled in a run-off between two finalists: hard-right political outsider Abelardo de la Espriella and leftist Senator Ivan Cepeda. Though the overall result surprised few, de la...
Colombia’s Petro sows doubt about election as favored successor heads to runoff against pro-Trump rival
Colombia’s outgoing president sowed doubt Sunday about his country’s elections, which showed his preferred candidate, Iván Cepeda, headed to a runoff next month against right-wing opponent Abelardo de la Espriella. Neither candidate had more than 50% of the vote in the first round of the election Sunday. With more than 99% of votes tallied, de la Espriella — running as a candidate for Defensores de la Patria, a party he founded — was leading with more than 43% of the vote.
Colombian far-right candidate is latest Trumpian Latin American to ride anti-incumbent wave
Abelardo de la Espriella, promising an iron-fist approach to crime, leads polls in country’s presidential runoff electionSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Abelardo de la Espriella, the far-right lawyer who is leading the polls ahead of Colombia’s presidential runoff election, has marketed his rum, wine and menswear brands – as well as his novels and albums on which he croons popular classics – under the label “De la Espriella Style”. But his shift from business suits to...
Trump admirer’s surprise first-round win is a blow to Colombia’s traditional conservatives
Success of far-right presidential candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella, suggests some voters are ‘fed up with politics’The far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella and the leftwing senator Iván Cepeda have just under three weeks to compete for the roughly 3.6m votes that did not go to either of them in the first round of Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday. That is no insignificant margin, given that De la Espriella’s lead over Cepeda amounted to little more than 670,000 votes – 43.7%...
Trump admirer’s surprise first-round win is a blow to Colombia’s traditional conservatives
Success of far-right presidential candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella, suggests some voters are ‘fed up with politics’The far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella and the leftwing senator Iván Cepeda have just under three weeks to compete for the roughly 3.6m votes that did not go to either of them in the first round of Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday. That is no insignificant margin, given that De la Espriella’s lead over Cepeda amounted to little more than 670,000 votes – 43.7%...