How did the far right take over Latin America?

How did the far right take over Latin America? Submitted by Joe Gill on Tue, 06/23/2026 - 10:02 US President Donald Trump has openly supported this far-right political wave, and now has a string of allies across the continent Colombia's presidential candidate for the Defensores de la Patria movement, Abelardo de la Espriella, speaks to supporters from behind bullet-proof glass at the Ventana al Mundo monument in Barranquilla, Colombia, 21 June 2026 (AFP) On An extraordinary political revolution in favour of the populist far right is sweeping Latin America : Argentina, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Peru and now Colombia have all seen the left defeated. The far right has won elections along the entire Pacific coast, from the southernmost tip of Chile in Tierra del Fuego, all the way north to the Panama isthmus, bringing to a close more than two decades of a left-wing ascendancy, the so-called Pink Tide .