Bogota ¨C Colombia has swung to ?the right, electing nationalist lawyer and political newcomer Abelardo de la Espriella as president, accelerating a rightward shift rippling across Latin America.
In Peru, where authorities have been slowly counting contested ballots from the June 7 presidential runoff, conservative Keiko Fujimori is projected to win by just over 0.2%, securing the presidency after three failed attempts.
Colombia and Peru now join Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia and Panama in moving right, in a stark reversal of the region¡¯s so-called pink tide that brought several leftist governments to power in the ?early 2020s, including President Gustavo Petro, Colombia¡¯s first leftist president.
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