Gustavo Petro

The success of the conference lies in its acceptance that while governments in the region do not share the same ideology, they share a common destiny

Guerrillas, militias and murky criminal organizations are all part of a complex negotiation by the Petro administration to bring about lasting peace

President Gustavo Petro made the announcement on Twitter, calling it a ‘bold act’ as five armed organizations signed up to an accord running until June 30, 2023

Gustavo Petro – an ally of the former president, who is currently under arrest after trying to shut down Peru’s Congress – asked the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to intervene, but was told that the body respects the ‘democratic response’ of Peruvian institutions

Francia Márquez – the first Afro-Colombian to hold the top position in her country’s history – tells Pepa Bueno, the editor-in-chief of El PAÍS, that ‘women are breaking barriers all over the world’

Favored by the international context, the Bolivarian leader is being courted again after three years of harsh criticism. At the Egypt gathering, he exchanged words with Emmanuel Macron, John Kerry and Gustavo Petro

The president is reaching out to Washington on issues like energy and drug policy, yet maintaining an anti-American rhetoric to appease his voter base back home

The losing battle against drug trafficking has opened a debate on the decriminalization of the consumption of the narcotic

The Nobel Prize winner underscores that the country has a legal framework that the new president, a former guerrilla fighter, must respect