Posted on 06/21/2022 7:37:43 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — For more than two centuries, Colombia was considered a conservative stalwart in Latin America. Even as leftist governments came and went across the region, a center-right political establishment remained in control — a continuity that cemented the country’s role as a key U.S. ally.
On Sunday night, everything changed.
Gustavo Petro, a senator and former guerrilla, was elected the country’s first leftist president, galvanizing millions of poor, young, struggling Colombians desperate for someone different.
His victory, unthinkable just a generation ago, was the most stunning example yet of how the pandemic has transformed the politics of Latin America. The pandemic hit the economies of this region harder than almost anywhere else in the world, kicking 12 million people out of the middle class in a single year. Across the continent, voters have punished those in power for failing to lift them out of their misery. And the winner has been Latin America’s left, a diverse movement of leaders that could now take a leading role in the hemisphere.
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Every one of these countries will support The Great Reset.
“...struggling Colombians desperate for someone different. ..”
And they will get their “something different”, all right.
See Venezuela.
Venezuela II
The Columbian military will not sit still long if the country embraces marxism.
“the U.S. could take a back seat”
Samantha, you are an idiot.
Chile had the same election three months ago.
Chile - which is currently the most prosperous country in Latin America - elected a thirty-six year old proud Socialist as President.
President Gabriel Boric won by assembling a coalition of smaller political parties that includes the Communist Party of Chile!
These people are insane.
And, when they become USA citizens, 65% of them vote for the same policies that destroyed their home countries.
Probably the last free election in Colombia’s history.
I’m starting to wonder if a certain Hungarian nazi war criminal is involved. Probably.
Some people will never learn!
This is really, really bad. The US State Department didn’t do squat to inform Columbians the consequences.
Short Columbia.
Think coffee is expensive now? In 18 months it will be double.
New Left
Always winds up being the same old Left.
If the CIA were really involved the country would have already changed its name to eliminate its colonial history—it would be renamed “Guevara” or something similar.
;-)
I’ve started using yirgacheffe process beans from Africa - more robust, not much more expensive.
Colombians I know in the US are not happy
Yes, I agree, this is being engineered by the US. The Dems have been totally in love with any leftist dictator that comes down the pike in Latin America, and now they have total power over all of our state intelligence and security agencies (CIA, FBI, you name it).
On the one bright note of the day, however, the conservative party just won in regional elections in Andalucia, Spain...the most populous region of Spain, and formerly very leftist. Maybe there’s some hope.
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