Another One! Colombia Does the RIGHT Thing. Now On to Brazil.
I just don't buy that nearly half the country voted for the commie... or, at least, half of the 63.6% of people who showed up to the polls in Colombia and beyond. For what it's worth, Colombian expats who live in North America and Europe overwhelmingly voted for de la Espriella. I'm seeing Colombian journalists on social media proclaiming that they are ready to return to their country.
- ▪I just don't buy that nearly half the country voted for the commie... or, at least, half of the 63.6% of people who showed up to the polls in Colombia and beyond.
- ▪For what it's worth, Colombian expats who live in North America and Europe overwhelmingly voted for de la Espriella.
- ▪I'm seeing Colombian journalists on social media proclaiming that they are ready to return to their country.
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Another One! Colombia Does the RIGHT Thing. Now On to Brazil. Sarah Anderson | 9:50 PM on June 21, 2026 AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein As I've been reporting, Colombia had presidential elections last month, and on Sunday, there was a run-off between the Donald Trump-like right-winger, Abelardo de la Espriella (aka El Tigre), and current president Gustavo Petro's hand-picked socialist successor, Iván Cepeda. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_3"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_3"]]) }); Well, we can say that another country in Latin America has taken a swing to the right because El Tigre won narrowly, though I'm willing to bet Petro and his folks were up to some funny business.
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