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far-right candidates [sweeping presidential elections across Latin America](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/06/colombia-presidential-candidate-abelardo-de-la-espriella), after recent victories
far-right candidates in recent years in Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia and Honduras, Colombia remains one of the few countries in Latin America still governed by the left, alongside Mexico and Brazil, which will hold
far-right victories across Latin America, a De la Espriella presidency would leave only Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay and Guatemala under leftwing governments. Sandra Borda Guzmán, an associate professor of political science at Los Andes University
election will decide whether Colombia remains a global leader on the climate and exemplar of “popular environmentalism”, or whether it switches to the side of fracking, mining and other forms of fossil-fuelled extractivism
far right candidates in the Americas and Europe. The Santa Marta vision of a “new global climate democracy” sets people power against this. Polls constantly show an [overwhelming majority](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/series/the-89-percent-project) of people
far-right criminal defense attorney and political newcomer will defeat [Iván Cepeda](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/28/nx-s1-5800886/colombias-election-takes-a-tense-turn-with-wave-of-pre-election-violence), a left-wing senator from the ruling party and a protégé of outgoing President Gustavo Petro, in a contest reflecting
Right-wing populist candidate Abelardo de la Espriella has narrowly won Colombia's presidential election based on the preliminary ["quick count"](https://www.cne.gov.co/elecciones/elecciones-2026) released by electoral authorities. With over 99% of the vote counted
Latin America, as part of what the US president has called his “Donroe Doctrine”. Already, the Trump administration has pushed Peru to distance itself from Chinese investment. In February, for instance, it publicly protested against
election, the far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro. Chosen to run in place of his father, Jair Bolsonaro – the former president who is barred from running because he is in house arrest after being convicted
far-right military government into power. When San Salvador archbishop [Oscar Romero](/news/2018/10/13/el-salvadors-slain-archbishop-oscar-romero-to-be-made-a-saint), who stood up for the poor and denounced the ruling government’s abuses from the pulpit, was shot dead in 1980 while