For some, it is a version of former US President Donald Trump;
for others, the former president of El Salvador Nayib Bukele.
The populist candidate Rodolfo Hernández, who has advanced to the second round of the Colombian presidential elections with 28% of the vote, compared to 40% for the leftist Gustavo Petro, has seeded the campaign with controversial and outburst statements.
The “old man from TikTok”, as he is known, often uses explicit words and calls his opponents “thieves” and corrupt.
The millionaire builder and former mayor of Bucaramanga has had sexist expressions and against migrants.
Here, a compilation of his most controversial moments.
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