From 'The Lion' to 'The Tiger': Conservative Trump Allies Gain Ground in Latin America
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From 'The Lion' to 'The Tiger': Conservative Trump allies gain ground in Latin America
Trump-endorsed outsider Abelardo de la Espriella has won Colombia’s presidential election, making Colombia the latest country in Latin America to have chosen more conservative leadership. De la Espriella topped rival Iván Cepeda by about one percentage point — about 251,000…
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 the president-elect of Colombia, through 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 stance, which led him to defeat leftist …
Abelardo de la Espriella won the presidency of Colombia this Sunday with a narrow margin over Ivan Cepeda’s left, which will make it difficult for him to advance in the grandiose promises he made during the presidential campaign. Almost all these striking proposals mimic what other far-right leaders have done in the region, who today feel they have won a space in the House of Nariño. Those who know the President-elect say it is more pragmatic th…
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele is his role model, Donald Trump his political friend. With Abelardo de la Espriella, the so far left-wing Colombia radically changes its orientation
The ideas that achieved a historic vote for the De La Espriella movement are similar to those of their peers in the region
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