{
  "id": 272518,
  "title": "Abelardo de la Espriella, the ‘showman’ who promises revenge against the left",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/abelardo-de-la-espriella-el-showman-que-promete-venganza-contra-la",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-07T04:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais",
    "slug": "el-pais",
    "url": "https://elpais.com/america-colombia/2026-08-07/abelardo-de-la-espriella-el-showman-que-promete-venganza-contra-la-izquierda.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "An anecdote from journalist Ignacio Gómez provides some clues about the temperament of Abelardo de la Espriella, elected president of Colombia. Recently, the reporter told the public that, in July 2016, he shared a critical news story on his social networks about the criminal lawyer for a speedy acquittal. He then received a message on X from the lawyer's office, calling him a \"fifth-rate second-rater\". Gómez responded in the same tone ― \"fifth-rate model\", \"mafiosos like you\" ― and the criminal lawyer proceeded not to request a rectification, but to sue him civilly.",
  "summary": "Colombia's president-elect copied verbatim the successful formulas of the far-right in Latin America with a speech that promises to take his political enemies to court.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}