The Right & Far Right

As the Americas shift to the right, the region’s progressive forces met in Uruguay to chart a path forward.

Under the cover of earthquake response, Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has dramatically reversed Colombia’s stance toward Israel, recognizing controversial Israeli claims over the occupied Golan Heights.

As Keiko Fujimori assumes power, the new president is reviving her father's hard-line approach to security and the economy—policies that once pushed Peru's fragile democracy to the brink.

Abelardo de la Espriella, a far-right lawyer with ties to paramilitary groups, is set to win a historically close election, a result that threatens to repeat the mistakes of Colombia’s past.

New charges against one of the Pinochet dictatorship’s most prominent human rights abusers come as the country shifts markedly to the right, casting historical memory in doubt.

Abelardo de la Espriella’s first-round victory demonstrated the strength of the country's surging populist far-right, putting the left in a bind.

As Peru heads toward another polarized runoff, the country remains caught between two competing visions of the national future.

The far-right government’s attacks on public institutions and the knowledge they produce have weakened Argentina’s workers, economy, and democracy.

In January, Venezuelans in Chile briefly celebrated the fall of Nicolás Maduro, but many now fear a harsher climate for migrants as the country shifts to the right.

Argentina’s sweeping labor reform, heavily resisted in the streets, is set to roll back nearly a century of hard-fought rights.

Last weekend, Donald Trump met with right-wing allies from Latin America to kick off a new military coalition to attack so-called drug cartels and push his agenda up and down the hemisphere.

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