Lawyer and businessman Abelardo de la Espriella has emerged as the leading right-wing candidate in Colombia's May 31 presidential election, polling between 15% and 32%, and running neck-and-neck with leftist Iván Cepeda. He pledged to renounce his presidential salary and donate it to charity, following the playbook of Argentina's Milei and the US's Trump. His rise reflects a trend of self-funded outsider candidates promising to shrink the state. De la Espieella's platform includes 90 executive decrees on his first day in office, tax reductions, state downsizing, and a 10 trillion-peso health emergency plan. Despite his outsider status, he has received backing from the ultraconservative Salvación Nacional party and established political figures.