Colombia on Sunday elected 47-year-old hardliner and millionaire lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella as the country’s next president just four years after electing Gustavo Petro the first left-wing president in the country's history. De la Espriella won the majority vote and received support from right-wingers in the US – but given his outsider status, will he be able to enact his policies?
Right-wing hardliner Abelardo de la Espriella, or “El Tigre” (The Tiger) as he calls himself, won a majority vote on Sunday to become Colombia’s next president at the age of 47. De la Espriella celebrated his victory the same way he ran the bulk of his campaign: waving to his supporters from behind thick bulletproof glass in the bright yellow national football jersey of Colombia (even after a judge ordered him to stop).
