With New Colombian President, the Left Surges in Latin America

BOGOTÁ, Colombia—When President Biden invited Colombian President Iván Duque to the White House in March, he instructed him that “Colombia is the linchpin, in my view, to the whole hemisphere, north and south.”

Mr. Biden thanked Mr. Duque for swiftly condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and mentioned the U.S. would designate Colombia, which has since 2000 acquired $13 billion in assist to struggle medication, a significant non-NATO ally. Mr. Duque mentioned ties between the two nations had “reached the highest peak ever.”