Gustavo Petro

Although official sources have made no comment on the matter, experts agree that the Latin American leader has undergone a cosmetic procedure, ending two months of speculation

The new director of Amnesty International in the Americas has criticized the use of the military and heavy-handed measures to combat crime in the region: ‘The Armed Forces are not trained to ensure public safety’

The commanders of the self-proclaimed Gaitanista Army of Colombia ask that the arrest warrants against their leaders be lifted

The drug lord recounts his life as a key member of the Medellín Cartel after leaving a US prison, where he served 33 years

The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela presented a united front following a diplomatic row over the incapacitation of the most visible opposition candidate for the Venezuelan presidential election

President accuses senators of torpedoing healthcare reform after having received foreign money

The president responded to the rejection of his health reform in Congress with an energetic speech and intervention in the public-private EPS system

Colombia has demanded an apology and will expel diplomats after the Argentine president called Gustavo Petro a ‘terrorist murderer’ during an interview with CNN

President Gustavo Petro has opened the door to dialogue with the largest drug trafficking organization in the country, which presents itself as a ‘political-military organization’

Venezuelan, Peruvian, Haitian, Chinese, and Afghan families endure hunger, disease, and violence while they raise money to cross the rainforest and reach Panama, on the only land route that leads from South America to the United States

The Colombian capital will become the first city in Latin America to have a permanent envoy from the largest police department in the U.S.

Authorities are investigating whether $125,000 that the country’s Federation of Education Workers (Fecode) donated to Colombia Humana, the president’s party, were unlawfully used in his 2022 presidential campaign

Multiple experts agree that extreme aridity and lack of rainfall have combined to cause over 500 forest fires so far this year. They warn that these conditions will continue until April

The Israeli prime minister has sent a letter to Gustavo Petro asking him to support the efforts to free the 136 people held captive by the Islamic group

The Colombian president left Guatemala City to an ovation after refusing to leave until the inauguration of his counterpart had gone ahead

The president is hoping to relaunch his flagging projects this year, but first he will have to contend with high-profile trials involving his son, his brother and his former chief of staff. Nicolás Petro is to be arraigned on Thursday

The presidents’ discourses on the energy transition are going in opposite directions. Both men have reduced deforestation, but while Brasilia is joining OPEC as an observer, Bogota is committed to leaving fossil fuels behind

The most populous department in Colombia has sworn in two strong critics of the president as leaders

Álvaro Córdoba, 64, was arrested in Medellin, Colombia, in 2022 and extradited to the U.S. almost a year ago by President Gustavo Petro

Local communities in Cauca Department transform the violence-wracked area into an agri-food corridor

The Colombian president’s tweets and his Foreign Minister’s issues jeopardize the most positive aspect of his administration

The president of Colombia has reached his lowest ratings since assuming office

A year and a half into the government of Gustavo Petro, the president is losing support among centrists, according to a new survey by Cifras y Conceptos

The writer of ‘The Parable of Pablo,’ the reference book on the life of the famous drug trafficker, discusses Escobar on the 30th anniversary of his death

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