“There Will Be Rollback’: Colombia’s New Right-Wing Government Is Coming for Coca

Latin America’s Right-Wing Wave Continues as Colombia’s New President Supports U.S. Counternarcotics Operations * The Gateway Pundit * by Antonio Graceffo

Following his inauguration on August 7, 2026, Colombia's right-wing President Abelardo de la Espriella initiated a swift shift toward hardline security policy and a tightened defense alliance with Washington. The post Latin America’s Right-Wing Wave Continues as Colombia’s New President Supports U.S. Counternarcotics Operations appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

Latin America’s Right-Wing Wave Continues as Colombia’s New President Supports U.S. Counternarcotics Operations - Politics, Policy, Political Views

Right-leaning Abelardo de la Espriella has won Colombia’s presidential election and is now working with the United States to wrest control of the country back from narcos. Abelardo de la Espriella, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Following his inauguration on August 7, 2026, Colombia’s right-wing President Abelardo de la Espriella initiated a swift shift toward hardline security policy and a tightened defense alliance with Washington. De la Espriell…

“There Will Be Rollback’: Colombia’s New Right-Wing Government is Coming for Coca

In December 2025, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declined Bolivia and Colombia’s request to reclassify the coca leaf – a culturally significant plant for Indigenous and campesino (rural farmers) communities in the Andes and the raw material for cocaine – as a controlled substance under international drug treaties. The WHO’s decision came at a critical time for activists, academics, and human rights defenders in Colombia who have been fighti…