The collapse this week of low-cost Ultra Air, and grounding of VIVA on February 27 has plunged Colombia’s aviation sector in turmoil. President Petro has ordered the Air Force to move stranded passengers.
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Colombia’s Petro recalls peace negotiators after ELN kills nine soldiers
President Petro has recalled the government’s peace negotiators after the ELN guerrilla attacked a military platoon in Norte de Santander killing nine soldiers and injuring nine others.
Opinión: Los reveses del Pacto Histórico
La reforma política era uno de los proyectos bandera del presidente Petro y su fracaso obedeció a no contar con suficiente respaldo parlamentario, lo que llevó al gobierno a retirarlo.
Bukele to Petro: “What’s your obsession with El Salvador?”
The dispute between Colombia’s Gustavo Petro and El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele intensified this week after a series of acerbic Tweets and accusations from corruption to domestic security.
Petro “insists on unilateral release” of 79 Colombian police hostage in Caguán
Colombian President Gustavo Petro called on the Red Cross to provide humanitarian assistance to 79 policemen held hostage by the Indigenous Guard in San Vicente del Caguán.
Petro faces crisis of confidence with cabinet resignations
The Colombian government of Gustavo Petro has entered crisis mode after three Ministers handed-in their resignations. The crisis erupted after a document leaked on planned changes to the nation’s health reform.
Colombia justifies why no coca was eradicated in January
Colombia ground to a halt during the month of January in its decades-long efforts to manually eradicate coca. Not one hectare of the illegal cash crop was destroyed. The government outlined the reasons.
Petro at ANATO: Colombia must end “ghetto tourism”
After Cartagena and Santa Marta made the World’s 50 Most Dangerous Cities list, Colombia’s Petro warned of deep social inequalities that exist within the tourism sector.
Peru moves to declare Colombia’s Petro “persona non grata”
The Peruvian government is increasingly angered by remarks from Colombia’s Gustavo Petro that it “marches against its people like ‘Nazis”. The Peruvian Congress wants Petro declared a “persona non grata.”
Protests return to Bogotá streets as tensions rise over health “reform”
Colombians are bracing for 48 hours of protests this week that could incite violence and bring mobility in Bogotá to a standstill. Petro is rallying his base to “defend: the government’s health care reform.
Feud deepens between López and Petro over Bogotá’s Metro
As a loyal political ally of Colombia’s Gustavo Petro, Bogotá Mayor Claudia López finds herself increasingly isolated from the leftist leader over her resolve to leave the first line of the Metro above ground.
Colombia’s Petro wants to lead Latin America’s Left. Will anyone follow?
The recent gathering of CELAC heads of state in Buenos Aires revealed growing ideological rifts among Latin America’s leftist leaders. Colombia’s Petro challenged Peru’s human rights abuses.
Bogotá’s Claudia López calls for citizens to reject Petro’s prisoner pardons
Mayor Claudia López has summoned all residents of Bogotá to sign an official petition directed at President Gustavo Petro, Minister of Justice Nestor Iván Osuna, and Congress, to stop the early release of 6,895 prisoners being held in district jails.
Bogotá faces uncertain future over Metro Line 1
Bogotá Mayor Claudia López faces a major political defeat next week from her close ally, President Petro, as he attempts to bury – literally – Line 1 of the Bogotá Metro.
Can the Latin American left learn a lesson from Brasilia?
Colombia’s Gustavo Petro was quick to condemn the violence that besieged the Brazilian capital. If only he has been as swift to condemn the violence that crippled his own country during the Paro Nacional.
Petro condemns “fascist coup” against Brazil’s Lula
Colombia’s Gustavo Petro joined a chorus of international outrage from across the political spectrum to the violence that beseiged Brasilia after pro-Bolsonaro supporters attacked Congress.