A regional shift to the right frames the wave of congratulations to Fujimori

MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency

Tuesday, June 30th 2026 - 08:32 UTC

Argentine President Javier Milei was among the most emphatic. “I congratulate Keiko Fujimori on her historic victory in Peru. The Peruvian people join Colombia and have sent a clear message”

The confirmation of right-wing Keiko Fujimori's victory in Peru's presidential runoff drew a wave of congratulations from leaders across the region, who framed the result within the shift to the right underway in several Latin American countries. With Fujimori's arrival in power, the right will add a new government, alongside those of Argentina, Ecuador, Chile, Paraguay and El Salvador, and the recent victory of Abelardo de la Espriella in Colombia.

Argentine President Javier Milei was among the most emphatic. “I congratulate Keiko Fujimori on her historic victory in Peru. The Peruvian people join Colombia and have sent a clear message: the region wants to return to the path of freedom and security,” he wrote on the social network X, where he held that Peruvians “rejected the communist debacle” of her rival, left-wing Roberto Sánchez, and said that “freedom is advancing across Latin America.” Along similar lines, Colombia's president-elect, De la Espriella, said both countries would be “guided by governments that share the defense of democracy, freedom and the rule of law.”