Latin Americans rush right as the US left pushes the policies they’re ditching
South and Central Americans have caught MAGA fever big-time, even as many lefties in the United States push to copy Latin America’s big-government failures.
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Opinion editorial Latin Americans rush right as the US left pushes the policies they’re ditching By Post Editorial Board Published June 22, 2026, 7:58 p.m. ET Colombian presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella greeting supporters in Barranquilla as early election results showed him in the lead on June 21, 2026. Mauricio Duenas Castaneda/EPA/Shutterstock See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google South and Central Americans have caught MAGA fever big-time, even as many lefties in the United States push to copy Latin America’s big-government failures. The latest: Abelardo de la Espriella’s victory in Colombia’s presidential election after President Donald Trump endorsed him.
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