Rightist Leaders Congratulate Colombian President-Elect
Trump, Kast and other right-wing leaders hailed the result as a break from four years of leftist rule.
- On Sunday, Colombia's president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella defeated Senator Ivan Cepeda in a razor-tight runoff vote, extending a wave of rightist candidates across Latin America.
- Espriella, who calls himself 'The Tiger,' campaigned on 'iron fist' security policies, promising a dramatic shift from four years of leftist rule.
- President Donald Trump expressed 'his support' for Espriella, posting on Truth Social that 'He Won, BIG!' while Argentine President Javier Milei declared, 'Freedom is advancing throughout Latin America and there is no turning back.'
- Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa stated 'Colombia chose order over impunity,' while Venezuelan Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said, 'We know we will have a great ally in Venezuela's democratic transition and that together, we will achieve prosperity.'
- Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino and President Jose Antonio Kast offered congratulations, signaling a unified rightist coalition across the region as Espriella prepares to implement his security agenda.
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Washington, Jun 22 (EFE).- U.S. President Donald Trump declared this Monday that the ultraright Abelardo de la Espriella, who according to the pre-count won the elections in Colombia, will be a "great president" and anticipated that the bilateral relationship will be "much better" than with the government of Gustavo Petro. The Republican, who referred to De la Espriella by his nickname, El Tigre, explained in statements to the press in the Oval …
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Canal C Colombia: polarization, "hard hand" and the impact of De la Espriella's triumph in the region After a historic ballot and with an extremely tight margin, Colombia consecrated Abelardo de la Espriella as its new president-elect for the period 2026-2030. In dialogue with Canal C Argentina, Colombian political scientist and specialist Max Yuri Gil Ramírez analyzed the complex political landscape that opens up in the country after the triump…
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