When 102 senators were sworn in for Colombia’s latest parliamentary session, they included 32 women, 69 men – and one cartoon elephant. Blending in was never an option for the new senator, who ran almost his entire campaign without revealing his identity. View image in fullscreen Luis Carlos Rúa only revealed himself as Elefante blanco three days before the election. View image in fullscreen Luis Carlos Rúa exposes a road to nowhere. Rúa said he would attend De la Espriella’s inauguration dressed as Elefante blanco.