A second Milei rises in Colombia (opens in new tab)

On Sunday, Colombians narrowly elected the Right-wing lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella to the presidency with 49.7% of the vote against ruling-party nominee Iván Cepeda’s 48.7%. Cepeda’s loss also heralds a sad conclusion to Colombia’s first Left-wing government under incumbent President Gustavo Petro. Amid an ongoing conservative wave in Latin America, de la Espriella’s victory is another win for the Trump administration and its “Donroe Doctrine.”