As is typically the case for the Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup (ZGWC), it will be politics first today, then onto the football.

We will begin in Colombia where the second round of the presidential elections is now in the books. Right winger Abelardo de la Espriella eked out a narrow victory over dedicated Communist Ivan Cepeda.  De la Espriella has announced his intention to restore diplomatic relations with Israel after they were severed by Cepeda’s former boss Gustavo Petro.  Given the thin margin of victory, Petro, Cepeda, and their forces will likely try every trick they can in order to reverse the results.  For his part, Petro even blamed Israel for the apparent election result.  The ZGWC will jump the gun on the final confirmation of the vote to declare that Colombia can now move from the “cursed” category to the “highly meritorious” category in its rankings.  In doing so, would be Zionist fans of Los Cafeteros can now break out their Luis Diaz and James Rodriguez bobblehead dolls in good conscience.

Unrelated to the World Cup, one must wonder about the future political stability of Colombia where the candidate characterized as “far right” garnered 49.65% of the vote and the candidate characterized as “far left” received 47.81% of the vote.  There is apparently no space for moderates in Colombian politics, and that does not bode well for the road ahead.

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