The wonderful Charlie Chan had an explanation for everything.  One of my favorites is that “small things sometimes tell large stories.”  Well, they do in Colombia.

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Are you ready for this?  Guess who stole the election in Colombia?  Let’s hear from President Petro himself:

Colombian President Gustavo Petro declares the results of the ongoing Presidential Runoff Election to be invalid, following the loss of left-wing ruling party candidate Iván Cepeda and close win of Trump-backed far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella. Petro claims that polling data and software was ‘compromised’ by Israel, requesting an investigation into irregularities by the Rama Judicial.

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There you have it.  The Israelis, and their “secret police,” showed up in Colombia and screwed up all of those machines for the benefit of Trump’s guy, Abelardo.  What else could it be?  Too bad that Petro’s party cannot count votes for eternity like they do in California.

There are two reasons for Petro’s loss.  The first one is results.  Colombia’s voters are unhappy with a president with ties to the narcos, and all of the violence that comes with it.  They want someone who is going to get tougher with criminals, or the people who terrorize those who don’t have bodyguards to protect them.  They want something similar to what they see in El Salvador, where President Bukele has decided to lock up the gangs and make streets safe again.

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The second reason is very interesting, and let me explain.  We have seen a tsunami of center-right candidates winning elections since we decided to defund USAID.  Makes you wonder what in the world USAID was doing?  It can’t be a coincidence that we shut down money to USAID, and the right starts winning.

Or better, the candidates who want to fight narcos started winning when we stopped funding USAID.  You say small things tell big stories?  Yes they do.

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