And Colombia is swinging to the right, electing nationalist lawyer and political newcomer Abelardo de la Esprija as president, confirming the rightward shift sweeping across Latin America. In Peru, where authorities are still slowly counting ballots from the June 7 presidential runoff, conservative Keiko Fujimori is projected to win by just over 0.2 percent, securing the presidency after three failed attempts.
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And Colombia is swinging to the right, electing nationalist lawyer and political newcomer Abelardo de la Esprija as president, confirming the rightward shift sweeping across Latin America. In Peru, where authorities are still slowly counting ballots from the June 7 presidential runoff, conservative Keiko Fujimori is projected to win by just over 0.2 percent, securing the presidency after three failed attempts.
Colombia and Peru join Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia and Panama in the conservative turn of their most recent presidential elections, a marked reversal of the region's pink tide that led several left-wing governments to power in the early 2020s