Colombia Roars, "No more socialism!" For the US this is particularly good news.

In Colombia, the tiger roars ....
No more socialism! For the U.S., this is particularly good news.
by Monica Showalter
June 1, 2026

In Colombia, they did it!

After polls and media accounts had indicated that FARC-linked leftist Ivan Cepeda could win the first round of the election, voters went and handed the tough-talking conservative the victory.

That was a stinging rebuke to Colombia's ruling leftist party and its odious president, Gustavo Petro, with voters giving them the boot and replacing them with a firmly, pro-Trump, pro-private sector, anti-crime conservative, who, worse (for them), seems to be on a mission to end the scourge of leftism forever.

Abelardo De La Espellier, known as 'el tigre' won the first round of the presidential election Sunday, by a decisive 44 percent over his far-left rival, Ivan Cepeda who drew a mere 40 percent, much of it from the west of the country where FARC Marxist narcoterrorists threaten residents to vote for FARC-friendly Cepeda, or else face retaliation.

The remaining candidates came from mostly center-right parties and most are expected to transfer their votes to Abelardo in round two on June 21, which could make the margin very big indeed. Betting markets say that Abelardo has an 80% chance of getting elected president.

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Petro was apparently so shocked by the result he cried 'fraud,' which is nonsense, in a classic case of leftists accusing others of doing what they themselves are doing. There were a few reports of irregularities during the polling, and in every instance, they would have benefited the ruling leftist party, which by the way, counted the votes. I can't even see how Abelardo could even try to commit fraud, given who runs the electoral apparatus.
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Abelardo has vowed to copy El Salvador's President Nayyib Bukele's example in building prisons for gang members -- he promises ten huge new CECOT-style prisons in the jungle to make Colombia safe once again as it was during Uribe's administration. That can only be good news for President Trump as he seeks to deport criminal illegals.

It's all good for the U.S., and somehow, this conservative victory is the sweetest one of them all -- a historic ally of the U.S. has come back to its great friendship, and if all goes well, great things will happen.

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