During his first address to the United Nations, Colombia’s Gustavo Petro called for an end to all wars, and war against the planet.
President Petro will give his first address to the UN General Assembly facing growing protests at home over illegal land occupation and economic uncertainty.
In his inaugural address to Colombians, President Petro affirmed that the US-led War on Drugs is a “complete failure” and the global community must open a discussion on drug policy,
In a ceremony attended by heads of state from across South America, and in the presence of Liberator Simón Bolívar’s sword, Gustavo Petro was sworn in as Colombia’s 42 President.
One of Simon Bolivar’s swords will be presented during Gustavo Petro’s Presidential inauguration on August 7, and symbol of the former M-19 guerrilla.
President-elect Gustavo Petro is aiming to form a government of consensus and national unity, by offering bureaucratic posts to experienced politicians and ideological has beens.
The outcome of Colombia’s recent presidential election has many in the business community taking decisions regarding their future operations in the country.
Wednesday’s encounter between ex-President Álvaro Uribe and President-elect Gustavo Petro marks a political truce between two leaders who command Colombia’s electorate.
After four years in opposition, President-elect Gustavo Petro met his political adversary President Duque to start the country’s peaceful transition of power.
President-elect Gustavo Petro is eager to fully open the Colombia-Venezuela border and jump start diplomatic relations with Nicolás Maduro and host of “pink tide” governments.
Colombian voters had their say Sunday with the definitive run-off between leftist politician Gustavo Petro and conservative Rodolfo Hernández. Petro President 2022-2026.
Colombians on both sides of the political divide are voting out of fear. Political parties have been replaced by personality cults. Candidates are no longer statesmen, but rather, influencers.
Colombia’s 2022 presidential election will have heightened measures given fears of violence and potential vandalism in Bogotá. Candidates Hernández and Petro to meet in a final debate.
The surge in popularity of the arch-conservative candidate Rodolfo Hernández has stunned Gustavo Petro. The leftist candidate now trails Hernández in a recent poll.
Some 80,000 members of Colombia’s Armed Forces and National Police are in charge of protecting citizens from security risks during the presidential election on Sunday, May 29.
Colombia is inching to an abyss of politically uncertainty after serious allegations by leftist candidate Gustavo Petro that the May 29 elections will be “suspended”.