{"id":2623426,"date":"2026-07-03T14:51:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/op-ed-make-colombia-free-again-bring-us-back-to-our-judeo-christian-roots\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T14:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:54:07","slug":"op-ed-make-colombia-free-again-bring-us-back-to-our-judeo-christian-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/op-ed-make-colombia-free-again-bring-us-back-to-our-judeo-christian-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"Op-Ed: Make Colombia Free Again, Bring Us Back to Our Judeo-Christian Roots"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fop-ed-make-colombia-free-again-bring-us-back-to-our-judeo-christian-roots%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2623426&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>This article discusses Abelardo de la Espriella\u2019s historic victory in Colombia\u2019s presidential election, framing it as a major shift against established elites and a victory for popular will. His win, with nearly 50% of the vote, signals a rejection of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-female-prime-minister-of-samoa-to-lead-after-months-of-legal-battles\/\" title=\"First female prime minister of Samoa to lead after months of legal battles\">previous government\u2019<\/a>s policies, including its failure to maintain security and economic stability. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >article highlights issues<\/a> such as corruption, violence, and the erosion of economic freedom under recent administrations, emphasizing the need to restore property rights, reduce state interference, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fla-gov-desantis-visits-usf-announces-20m-cybersecurity-grant\/\" title=\"Fla. Gov. DeSantis visits USF, announces M cybersecurity grant\">strengthen national security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>De la Espriella\u2019s election is depicted as a challenge to external threats and internal corruption, advocating for a return to traditional alliances with Western democracies like the United States and Israel. The piece calls for respect for political opposition, justice, and constitutional principles, condemning past abuses and violence, including the assassination of political figures.Ultimately, the victory symbolizes Colombia\u2019s potential to regain stability, prosperity, and its standing on the global stage by making \u201ccolombia free again.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Abelardo de la Espriella\u2019s victory in Colombia\u2019s presidential election is nothing less than a triumph of the popular will against a suffocating state apparatus.<\/p>\n<p>At a time when the political class had become a self-serving oligarchy, a complete outsider rewrote the rules.<\/p>\n<p>The outgoing regime called him every name in the book \u2014 \u201cparamilitary,\u201d \u201cfascist,\u201d \u201cmafioso.\u201d De la Espriella, a lawyer and businessman with zero political experience, beat them at their own game.<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t win in spite of being an outsider. He won because of it. He shattered the elite\u2019s monopoly on power, and the first vote count made it plain: 49.7 percent for him, 48.7 percent for Iv\u00e1n Cepeda.<\/p>\n<p>That margin is more than victory. It\u2019s a verdict on the establishment.<\/p>\n<p>This victory matters even more because of how it was won. Reports of \u201cvoto fusil\u201d \u2014 voting at gunpoint \u2014 in regions run by FARC remnants, the ELN, and Nueva Marquetalia show an election held under the shadow of terror.<\/p>\n<p>The regime said nothing. That silence condemns it. Colombians didn\u2019t just vote for a new president. They voted against Marxist-Leninist guns pointed at the ballot box, and against the political project that gave those guns cover.<\/p>\n<p>Abelardo de la Espriella\u2019s historic win represents a critical pivot for a nation that has been wandering in the wilderness for the last four years. The first and most urgent task is to restore the foundations of economic liberty.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers are brutal. According to the Heritage Foundation\u2019s Index of Economic Freedom, Colombia has experienced a dramatic fall from grace.<\/p>\n<p>Four years ago we were \u201cModerately Free.\u201d Today we\u2019re \u201cMostly Unfree.\u201d That\u2019s a 29-place crash between 2022 and 2025. The nation has fallen from the 60th to the 89th spot.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">previous administration\u2019<\/a>s statist policies have generated profound uncertainty, undercutting the very basis of a free society. A country that cannot guarantee property rights or fiscal health cannot offer its citizens opportunity. De la Espriella\u2019s mandate is to reverse this decline, to reduce the size of the state, and to allow the creative and entrepreneurial spirit of the Colombian people to flourish once more.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, a nation cannot be free if its citizens are not safe.<\/p>\n<p>The outgoing administration\u2019s naive \u201cTotal Peace\u201d policy has been a catastrophic failure. It allowed illegal armed groups not to demobilize, but to consolidate their power. As a result, cities like Cali, Popay\u00e1n, and Mocoa now find themselves effectively under siege by terrorist guerrillas.<\/p>\n<p>The state, which holds the monopoly on legitimate force, has abdicated its responsibility to protect its citizens. It is a moral and constitutional imperative to restore security. The new president\u2019s pledge to adopt a \u201cmilitary crackdown\u201d on drug trafficking, cartels, and guerrilla groups is not a display of savagery, but the very essence of a civilized state\u2019s duty.<\/p>\n<p>A free society is one where a citizen can travel from Barranquilla to Bogot\u00e1 without the fear of being extorted or killed.<\/p>\n<p>However, a true return to freedom does not begin and end with a \u201cstrong fist\u201d against criminality. It requires the restoration of the delicate architecture of constitutional order.<\/p>\n<p>This victory is a victory for the Constitution, for the independence of the judiciary, and for the separation of powers. It is a victory against the kind of executive overreach that has become customary in recent years. We must ensure that the National Electoral Council acts with absolute transparency, especially given the gravity of the charges of the \u201cvoto fusil\u201d and the president\u2019s own unfounded allegations of electoral fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Freedom at home means nothing if we stand alone abroad. Colombia must return to the community of Western democracies and reclaim the alliances that once anchored our place in the world.<\/p>\n<p>For too long, our foreign policy has been theater \u2014 cozying up to dictators, giving cover to terrorists, and mistaking slogans for strategy.<\/p>\n<p>President Petro broke with Israel, embraced the regimes in Tehran and Havana, and likened the Jewish state to Nazi Germany while opening doors to Hezbollah and Hamas. In the process, he pushed Colombia away from the United States and the free nations that have been our partners for decades.<\/p>\n<p>But Colombia is not a revolutionary outpost. Our roots are Judeo-Christian. Our interests lie with Israel, with America, and with the free world. Foreign policy should reflect who we are, not who we pretend to be on a stage.<\/p>\n<p>De la Espriella\u2019s victory was cheered by leaders like Donald Trump, Javier Milei, and Jos\u00e9 Antonio Kast for a reason: the world noticed. Colombia is stepping back into the ranks of civilized nations, where it belongs.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, a functional democracy respects the opposition. The previous government failed catastrophically on this account.<\/p>\n<p>We cannot forget the assassination of Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, a tragic crime that may very well be a \u201ccrime of State.\u201d The fact that his widow, Mar\u00eda Claudia Tarazona, revealed that the prosecution is investigating this hypothesis is a stain on the honor of our Republic.<\/p>\n<p>Abelardo de la Espriella has already dedicated his victory to the memory of Miguel Uribe Turbay, signaling that his government will be one of tolerance and respect for political adversaries.<\/p>\n<p>We must have full guarantees for the opposition, a free press, and an independent judiciary. The persecution of political enemies must end.<\/p>\n<p>This is not just an election. It is the beginning of a new era. \u201cThe Tiger\u201d has roared. Colombia is taking its first steps to becoming, once again, a great, safe, and prosperous nation.<\/p>\n<p>It is time to make Colombia free again.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><i><b>The views expressed in this opinion article are those of their author and are not necessarily either d or endorsed by the owners of this website. 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