Sovereignty and the Colombian Presidential Elections

by Gregory J. Lobo

Colombia has just had its own political earthquake. The metaphor of a tectonic shift, which Adrian Pabst recently used in these pages to frame the outcome of May’s local elections in the UK, is just as apt here, perhaps more so, given the results of Colombia’s presidential election. Thanks to a razor-thin margin, but with more of the electorate voting than ever before, Abelardo de la Espriella, a political unknown less than a year ago, a defense attorney to the indefensible, a candidate pledging support to (and seeking support from) America and Israel, a proud Catholic (married with four young children), and an unapologetic nationalist, will become president on August 7. On that day, too, diplomatic relations with Israel, broken by the present government in response to Israel’s military response to October 7, will be restored.

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