Gustavo Petro

The number of planted hectares went from 204,000 to 230,000 during 2022, while the tonnage of drugs that has been produced reached 1,738, the highest figures ever recorded

The Mexican president will embark on the fourth international trip of his term at a key moment for political change within his party

The president of Mexico will fly to visit the Colombian president. They will jointly hear the conclusions stemming from a Latin American summit on narcotics that begins on September 7

The son of President Gustavo Petro and his ex-wife sought easy profit by taking advantage of their political and family relationships

Gustavo Petro is struggling to recover political momentum after 12 months in power. Meanwhile, conflicts among members of his inner-circle — along with his son’s arrest — are weighing down on his administration

An ambitious government, with political and economic achievements in its first semester, lost momentum in its second, which has been full of scandals, political conflict and mistrust

In an interview with ‘Semana’ magazine, the president’s son claims that neither Gustavo Petro nor his campaign manager, Ricardo Roa, were aware that he received money from ex-narco Santander Lopesierra and Gabriel Hilsaca.

The admission to the Attorney General’s office could compromise President Gustavo Petro’s position

After eight months of talks, an unprecedented bilateral ceasefire has finally been agreed with the guerrilla group, which has been active since the 1960s

The arrest of Nicolás Petro is a major blow to the government. President Gustavo Petro said early Saturday that he wouldn’t interfere with the probe but was pained to see one of his sons going to jail

The president began the second legislative session since his administration began. He defended his commitment to the energy transition and his policy of ‘total peace.’ While did not mention his much-criticized healthcare reform, he did call for a national political agreement to create ‘a more just and productive society’

Samuel Santander Lopesierra, the former smuggler who was extradited to the United States, is back and wants to rule his city

Diego Molano and Jaime Arizabaleta, pre-candidates for the mayoralties of Bogotá and Cali, have proposed building prisons inspired by Nayib Bukele’s crusade against crime

Gustavo Petro, Iván Duque and Juan Manuel Santos all dealt with Nicaragua’s case against the South American country at The Hague. Vice President Francia Márquez praised the ICJ ruling for paving the way to ‘improving the living conditions of the Raizal people’

Mothers, sisters and wives of at least 35 unjustly detained people in El Salvador ask the government of Gustavo Petro to help them guarantee the human rights of their relatives

The governor of Buenaventura, the country’s main seaport, has asked authorities to send in the army to protect the population from armed gangs engaged in turf wars

Over 300 peace signatories and their families have left Vista Hermosa after being threatened by dissidents. Two members of the community were murdered in May

The president, who began his mandate in August 2022 with 56% support, is trying to regain the initiative after several crises that have damaged his popularity

Former uniformed officers admitted to having ultimate responsibility for 49 ‘false positives,’ and hiding the bodies in a cemetery so that the victims’ families could not find them

Macron invites dozens of world leaders to redefine financial architecture and release funds for low-income countries at risk due to environmental crisis

Chinese are now the fourth-largest nationality crossing the dangerous jungle route through Panama. The number of Afghans, Indians and Bangladeshis is also increasing

The bill that sought to regulate the purchase, sale and distribution of marijuana did not obtain enough votes in the upper house

EL PAÍS speaks with the indigenous volunteers who located the minors, a soldier who rappelled into the forest to find them and the commander leading the search effort about the trials of the 40-day mission

Colombia’s political crisis is growing, as questions surround the president’s former chief-of-staff and ambassador to Venezuela in a case involving wiretaps and a dead member of Petro’s security detail

The executive director of the Artemisas Foundation talks about equality, women’s representation in elected office and the political and economic violence suffered by women leaders in her country

Following the ceasefire agreement in Havana with the country’s last armed rebels, President Gustavo Petro urged the U.S. to remove the Caribbean island from its state sponsors of terrorism list

Since the four children were rescued from the Amazon jungle, the operation has shifted its focus to finding a six-year-old Belgian shepherd who went missing during the mission