Gustavo Petro

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

Travel the world to the cafés and eateries where history is made and secrets shared over fine wine and hors d’oeuvres

The Historic Pact for Colombia — the diverse left-wing coalition that brought Petro to power — faces the choice of either merging into a single party, or risk disappearing

A decree by President Gustavo Petro allowed the Almassri family to be evacuated from the war zone in the Strip and granted them Colombian nationality

Amidst political gridlock, the leftist leader has changed his strategy. This past week, he met with former right-wing president Álvaro Uribe and a group of business leaders

President Gustavo Petro announced a public-private partnership to recover precious artifacts from a Spanish galleon that sank in the Caribbean Sea in 1708

President Gustavo Petro wants results in the short term, and will not hesitate to dispense with whoever is necessary

The president of the Washington Office on Latin America notes that the strength of civil society and committed youth are encouraging signs in the region. This is despite the drop in the democratic model’s popularity, a trend that has been observed in numerous surveys

The ELN guerrilla organization refuses to renounce a practice that has affected more than 50,000 victims in recent decades

President Petro sent his chief peace negotiator to Cuba for talks with the ELN guerrilla group’s commanders

The public health measure imposes an initial tariff of 10% on ultra-processed foods and sugary drinks, which rises to 20% by 2025

Candidates from more traditional political backgrounds triumphed in the main mayoral and gubernatorial races, led by Carlos Fernando Galán’s resounding victory in Bogotá

EL PAÍS spent a day following the campaign of the author and senator, who is seeking to become the next mayor of Bogotá. Famous for his narco novels and scripts, one of his best-known works is ‘Without Breasts There Is No Paradise’

A member of the organization’s negotiating team in Havana and a former field commander, the 64-year-old is seeking election in his native Puerto Berrío, which EL PAÍS visited during the campaign

Mexico’s president convenes 12 nations for talks on debt reduction and regional cooperation on trade, security and employment

The official is leading the green revolution that President Gustavo Petro has in mind, getting rid of oil and coal

The former president of Colombia — who governed from 2002 until 2010 — is set to go on trial

The most recent figures show that the number of planted coca hectares increased from 204,000 to 230,000 in 2022 and the government is rolling out a ‘concerted effort to swap one economy with another’