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« Espriella surfe sur une tendance anti-parti en Amérique latine »
La gauche n’aura tenu qu’un mandat à la tête de la Colombie. Ivan Cepeda, le successeur désigné du président sortant Gustavo Petro, n’a pas réussi à inverser la tendance qui se dessinait en faveur d’Abelardo de la Espriella, avocat de 49 ans, novice en politique, candidat antisystème qui pointe les présidents américain Donald
Trump, argentin Javier Milei et salvadorien Nayib Bukele comme références.
Dans cet entretien publié par la Libre Belgique, Frédéric Thomas, docteur en science politique, chargé d’étude au Centre tricontinental (Cetri), évoque ce scrutin et l’évolution politique en Amérique latine.
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