Americas’ Shift Toward Right-Wing Parties: Trend Identified by Dr. Youssef in Early 2025 Materializes
Since 2025, the Americas have experienced a rise in right-wing parties winning presidential elections across several countries. This trend includes Daniel Noboa’s re-election in Ecuador in February 2025,[1] José Antonio Kast’s victory in Chile in December 2025,[2] Laura Fernández Delgado’s win in Costa Rica in February 2026,[3] Keiko Fujimori’s election in Peru in June 2026,[4] and Abelardo de la Espriella’s success in Colombia in June 2026.[5]
These developments support the earlier assessment by Dr. Mohammad Walid Youssef, President of the International Center for Geopolitical, Economic and Artificial Intelligence Studies, from his February 24, 2025, analytical report titled “2024 in Review, 2025 Challenges and Opportunities.” In that report, Dr. Youssef suggested that the Americas are likely to move further to the political right in the coming years.
Dr. Youssef stated that the Americas are presently in a state of political balance. Two right-wing presidents have been elected, Donald Trump in the U.S. in 2024 and Javier Milei in Argentina in 2023, while left-wing leaders include Claudia Sheinbaum in Mexico, José Raúl Mulino in Panama, Gustavo Petro in Colombia, and Luis Arce in Bolivia.
He further argued that this balance would hold throughout 2025, with electoral gains by the right in one country being offset by victories for the left elsewhere, creating what he described as a finely balanced political landscape.
The study suggests that the current balance and division within societies throughout the Americas will continue until the divide is addressed, leading to right-wing governments eventually ruling most countries across the continent in the coming years.
The series of right-wing electoral wins in multiple countries since 2025 aligns with the larger political trend identified by Dr. Youssef in his early-2025 analysis.
[1] Reuters.com, April 14, 2025, Reuters.
[2] BBC.com, December 15, 2025, BBC.
[3] BBC.com, February 2, 2026, BBC.
[4] Reuters.com, June 24, 2026, Reuters.
[5] Arabic.rt.com, June 25, 2026, RT Arabic.