In a sharply worded editorial, The Guardian warned that the recent Colombian presidential election — won by far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella — signals a new phase in global politics. Trump publicly endorsed de la Espriella, whose platform includes “mega-prisons, a war on rebels, [and] a shrunken state.”
Outgoing president Gustavo Petro alleged Trump interfered directly in the contest. While The Guardian cautioned against taking that claim as proof of a stolen election, it argued the concern “should not be dismissed as paranoia.” The editorial pointed to “US money, platforms, data and paranoid politics” as tools enabling a transnational Trumpist movement — and called it “a warning from Latin America” that democracies elsewhere should heed.
Separately, a New York Times analysis examined an irony within the American left: the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is ascending as a political force while struggling to attract actual working-class members, raising questions about the movement’s long-term viability.
