Colombia’s presidential campaign falls into showmanship
Presidential elections add to the global trend of politics as entertainment. The candidate who generates the most controversy consolidates in second place in the polls
ELECTIONS IN COLOMBIA
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Álvaro Uribe bets his power on a victory of Paloma Valencia over Abelardo de la Espriella
The leader of the Colombian right-wing for the past 25 years points to the outsider candidate for having sought to join his party
Álvaro Pacheco, the former congressman who accepted his alliances with paramilitaries to be released and campaign for his wife
The former mayor also confessed crimes before the JEP, obtained conditional freedom, and dedicated himself to promoting Gilma Díaz’s failed reelection in Caquetá. The Liberal Party and the House of Representatives rule out investigating
Luis Gilberto Murillo joins Iván Cepeda’s campaign: “It is a decision that aligns with the future of Colombia”
The endorsement of the former foreign minister and current presidential candidate consolidates the Alliance for Life, a coalition that already includes En Marcha and the Green Alliance
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The journalist Diana Calderón the electoral outlook for Paloma Valencia, Iván Cepeda, and Abelardo de La Espriella
The right doubles down on chaos to defeat Cepeda
The right seeks chaos to defeat Cepeda, who has remained calm and has agreed to participate in the presidential debates to face his opponents with clear rules and address the major issues
The efforts and failures to finalize the presidential debates mark the final stretch of the elections in Colombia
One month before the first round, the three candidates leading the polls have not met in any debate
Trips to the World Cup or million-dollar raffles: the questioned methods of the far-right to attract votes in Colombia
Candidates Abelardo de la Espriella and Santiago Botero, who consider themselves political ‘outsiders’, launch strategies that have been questioned
More oil and a universal income: Fajardo’s program seeks a middle ground between Uribe and Petro
The centrist candidate downplays his educational platform to challenge the right on security and the left on equality
De la Espriella resorts to Bukele’s iron fist and Milei’s chainsaw to bolster his government program
The far-right candidate proposes to recover “the miracle homeland”, as he calls Colombia, with a more business-oriented than political approach