Latin America is Getting REALLY Conservative

Latin America is undergoing a dramatic political transformation. From Bukele’s security crackdown in El Salvador to Milei’s economic reforms in Argentina, discover why conservative movements are surging—and why the region’s once-dominant left is losing ground. Sources https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/kim-jong-un-wins-99-93-votes-in-north-korea-parliamentary-elections-remaining-0-07-went-to-11236508 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOsABwCrn3E&start=26 https://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/mas-regiones/abelardo-de-la-espriella-gana-el-voto-en-el-exterior-en-primera-vuelta-con-el-53-4-ante-ivan-cepeda-por-quien-se-inclina-el-electorado-en-segunda-3560977 https://www.wsj.com/world/the-country-with-the-highest-murder-rate-now-has-the-highest-incarceration-rate-b5401da7 https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2026/06/01/asi-votaron-los-colombianos-en-el-exterior-abelardo-de-la-espriella-e-ivan-cepeda-lideraron-en-las-urnas/ https://www.dhs.gov/medialibrary/assets/photo/59679 https://colombiareports.com/when-gustavo-petro-was-a-guerrilla/ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/19/dozens-killed-in-northeast-colombia-as-eln-peace-talks-fail https://acleddata.com/update/latin-america-and-caribbean-overview-february-2025 https://colombiaone.com/2025/04/01/colombia-eln-negotiations-petro/ https://www.npr.org/2023/10/15/1206057261/daniel-noboa-heir-to-banana-fortune-wins-ecuadors-presidential-runoff-election https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/20/milei-wins-in-argentina-edging-the-country-closer-to-the-us-dollar.html https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/latin-america-right/ https://latinamericareports.com/bukele-inspired-abelardo-de-la-espriella-wins-first-round-of-colombia-elections/14581/ https://www.as-coa.org/articles/poll-tracker-brazils-2026-presidential-election https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gw8qpyvqdo https://eleditormendoza.com.ar/politica/la-encuesta-que-trae-alivio-milei-el-inicio-del-2026-y-expone-la-oposicion-nefcc6557-e5f9-4dbc-8c7e-2c7c126d353d https://buenosairesherald.com/op-ed/badenoch-wants-to-be-the-british-milei-but-the-uk-is-not-argentina https://www.aol.com/articles/dhs-says-8-nicaraguas-entire-143229555.html https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/08/immigrant-population-declines/ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/2/laura-fernandez-leads-early-results-in-costa-ricas-presidential-election https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/costa-rican-populists-win-commanding-victory-fall-short-legislative-2026-02-02/ https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/economy/inflation-in-argentina-surpassed-211-in-2023-reveals-indec.phtml https://www.brookings.edu/articles/argentinas-currency-devaluation-back-to-the-future/ https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Argentinas-Vaca-Muerta-Fuels-Oil-Production-Surge.html https://buenosairesherald.com/world/latin-america/bolivia-declares-energy-and-social-emergency-after-widespread-protests https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-67930452 https://acleddata.com/report/pressure-rises-ecuadors-government-rein-escalating-gang-violence https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/03/24/how-china-used-more-cement-in-3-years-than-the-u-s-did-in-the-entire-20th-century/ https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61545 https://www.statista.com/topics/8140/oil-industry-in-venezuela/ https://openamericas.org/2024/03/02/can-latin-america-escape-its-second-lost-decade/ https://www.elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2024/358/article-A003-en.xml https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/costa-ricas-homicide-rate-rises-deadliest-year-ever-2023-09-23/ https://www.cfr.org/backgrounders/argentinas-struggle-stability https://catalyst-journal.com/2018/09/the-latin-american-lefts-shifting-tides https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2009/9/5/chavez-backs-iran-nuclear-strategy https://www.france24.com/en/20200210-backed-by-soldiers-el-salvador-president-bukele-briefly-occupies-congress https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/20/el-salvadors-president-launched-self-coup-watch-creeping-corruption-authoritarianism/ https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/el-salvador-invokes-emergency-powers-after-surge-homicides-2022-03-27/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/27/world/americas/el-salvador-gang-violence.html https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2023/country-chapters/el-salvador https://www.cfr.org/articles/petros-total-peace-plan-turns-one-good-bad-and-ugly

Fronts Staff • June 9, 2026