Political newcomer Abelardo de la Espriella looks and sounds a lot like El Salvador’s wildly popular hardline president

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An independent candidate who looks and sounds a lot like El Salvador hardliner Nayib Bukele is winning over conservative Colombian voters tired of that country’s rising rates of violent crime and ever-increasing public deficit.

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