Trump and Elon officially shut down USAID in July 2025 after the big foreign aid freeze. Since then, right-wing leaders have swept to victory across the region, at least 7 major wins in quick succession
Trump and Elon officially shut down USAID in July 2025 after the big foreign aid freeze.
Since then, right-wing leaders have swept to victory across the region, at least 7 major wins in quick succession:
Chile: José Antonio Kast (hard-right, biggest rightward shift in decades)
Bolivia: Rodrigo Paz (ended decades of socialist MAS rule)
Ecuador: Daniel Noboa (re-elected on law-and-order)
Colombia: Abelardo de la Espriella (far-right surge into the runoff)
Peru: Right-wing momentum building hard
Honduras & Costa Rica: Conservative/right-populist takeovers
Coincidence? Or did cutting off billions in U.S. taxpayer dollars that were flowing to leftist NGOs, “democracy” programs, and activist networks finally let voters decide for themselves?
The pink tide is collapsing. People are choosing security over chaos, sovereignty over dependency, and results over ideology.
This is what happens when the money tap gets turned off and the people get to speak.
I do not mind the term ‘right-wing’ but generally always read it as conservative — small government, individual freedom, respect for past and for national well-being. In most legacy (compromised) press, ‘right-wing’ or ‘far-right’ are slurs against normal people who are simply conservative and probably oppose immigration-invasion, welfare for invaders, lax law-enforcement, medical mandates, etc. ABN
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