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Luis Carlos Rúa Fought Colombia’s Corruption in an Elephant Costume. Now He’s a Senator.

After years of anonymously documenting abandoned public works projects in Colombia, Luis Carlos Rúa revealed himself days before his election.

For years, Colombians knew him only as an anonymous man in an elephant costume exposing unfinished public works in enormously popular videos.
This month, they elected him to the Senate.
Luis Carlos Rúa, a 33-year-old engineer from the western city of… [564 chars]

Source: The New York Times | Published: 2026-03-30T15:53:16Z

Credit: The New York Times

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