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Abelardo de la Espriella

President of Colombia, 2026 to present

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A lawyer and businessman who founded the far-right Defenders of the Homeland party and became president in 2026, succeeding Gustavo Petro.

Abelardo de la Espriella sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly traditional on culture, strongly nationalist on nation and strongly strength-first on war and peace.

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Where Abelardo de la Espriella sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyStrongly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Abelardo de la Espriella

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Political views closest to Abelardo de la Espriella

Right-wing populismCasts politics as ordinary people against elites, mixing nationalism, tradition and…95%Religious rightSeeks to shape law and politics by religious, often Christian, values.93%Thatcherism and ReaganismFree-market economics, tax cuts, deregulation and a firm stance toward the Soviet Union.93%National conservatismPrioritizes national sovereignty, cultural identity, tradition and firm borders.91%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Abelardo de la Espriella, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.