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 T-shirts, baseball caps and a meticulously trimmed beard suggest the influence of another style: that of El Salvador’s populist autocrat Nayib Bukele. Continue reading...
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/06/colombia-presidential-candidate-abelardo-de-la-espriella