Growing threats to democracy in Colombia are being fueled in part by a cocaine boom under a Marxist president, Colombian Senator Paloma Valencia told Breitbart News on Wednesday, urging America to help fight the influence of criminal drug gangs.
Valencia, a member of former President Álvaro Uribe’s conservative Democratic Center party, is running in the nation’s 2026 presidential election on a platform of continued energy independence — Colombia is a major fossil fuel exporter — as well as fighting organized crime and championing traditional values.
Running for president as a conservative is a dangerous move in the country under leftist…
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