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    How laughter brought more voters to the polls in Colombia

    Jul 03, 2018 4 minutes

    A week before Colombia’s June presidential run-off, Sebastián Os was perched in the second row of Bogotá’s crowded national theater. Ecstatic, the teen sat just a few feet away from the star of the show, his unlikely hero: a middle-aged political humorist and YouTube celebrity Daniel Samper.

    Mr. Samper’s online series, “#HolaSoyDanny” (Hi, I’m Danny), has developed a huge following across Colombia. His show, and the equally popular “La Pulla” (The Taunt), have become the politically minded antiheroes of Colombia’s YouTube generation – which is more accustomed to watching fresh-faced teens perform complicated stunts or makeup routines online.

    “I only started learning about serious politics with Daniel,” says 17-year-old Sebastián, who began following “#HolaSoyDanny”

    Filling a gap in traditional mediaShifting the political discourse

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