Commentary
Leftists are gobbling up the governments of Latin America as countries drift into China’s orbit.
On June 19, leftist and former guerilla Gustavo Petro won the presidential election in Colombia, calling attention to an increasing leftist shift across the Americas. This parallels increasing engagement with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), posing a threat to the United States and its interests.
Just weeks before Colombia’s presidential election on May 3, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed the Conference of the Americas and said that it is important for the United States and Latin America to work together because of “Russia’s brutal and unprovoked attack on Ukraine, and the growing threat to free and democratic societies from China and other authoritarian governments.”…