Colombian far-right candidate is latest Trumpian Latin American to ride anti-incumbent wave

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”.

His shift from business suits to T-shirts, baseball caps and a meticulously trimmed beard suggest the influence of El Salvador’s populist autocrat Nayib Bukele.

But the similarities go further than just appearances. Like many far-right politicians in Latin America, De la Espriella has also vowed to follow Bukele’s mano dura (iron fist) approach against