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Montevideo, December 22nd 2024 - 03:33 UTC

Tag: Gustavo Petro

  • Monday, December 16th 2024 - 09:33 UTC

    Presidents of Colombia and Ecuador meet in Galapagos

    Petro highlighted that both countries had common strengths

    Presidents Daniel Noboa of Ecuador and Gustavo Petro of Colombia met Sunday at the Charles Darwin Research Station in the Galapagos Islands to discuss environmental protection initiatives, border cooperation, and other matters of mutual interest, such as drug trafficking and energy integration.

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  • Thursday, December 5th 2024 - 20:38 UTC

    Petro decorates Mujica with Colombia's highest distinction

    Both former guerrilla fighters highlighted how much they have in common

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro Thursday decorated Uruguay's former head of State José Pepe Mujica with the Order of Boyacá for his commitment to regional peace. The ceremony was held at Mujica's residence in Rincón del Cerro, on the outskirts of the country's capital, where the 89-year-old leftwing leader welcomed a group of his supporters.

  • Tuesday, November 26th 2024 - 09:11 UTC

    Petro wants Biden to pardon high-profile FARC leader

    A former guerrilla himself, Petro said that releasing Trinidad would contribute to his country's peace

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro would like his US colleague Joseph Biden to pardon convicted Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) leader Juvenal Ovidio Ricardo Palmera, alias Simón Trinidad, who is serving a 60-year prison sentence for kidnapping in a federal facility in the State of Colorado.

  • Monday, October 21st 2024 - 09:01 UTC

    Petro lashes out at 21st Century “slavers” who cry “freedom”

    “It is fundamental today to change debt for climate action,” Petro insisted

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro Sunday lashed out at those he dubbed “slavers” who cry “freedom” but “take human beings and living beings to the market for sale.” The leftwing leader also pointed out during the opening ceremony of the 16th United Nations Conference on Biodiversity (COP-16) in Cali that “the buyer is a specter of death.”

  • Tuesday, October 8th 2024 - 22:56 UTC

    Colombia: Petro under probe over campaign finances

    “The coup d'état has begun,” Petro claimed

    Colombian electoral authorities announced Tuesday that they were launching an inquiry against President Gustavo Petro for allegedly overstepping campaign financing caps in 2022 en route to the Casa de Nariño. The head of state replied -once again- that a coup d'état was boiling up.

  • Wednesday, September 25th 2024 - 11:09 UTC

    Colombian President critical of Argentine colleague before UN

    Petro did not mention Milei by name but criticized people who go around chanting “Long fucking live freedom”

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro criticized the advance of global right leaders who chant “Long fucking live freedom“ but mean ”only the freedom of the richest 1% of the world's population.” Although he did not mention him by name, Petro was undoubtedly referring to his Argentine colleague Javier Milei's war cry. “Their mercantile and free sentiment leads to the destruction of the atmosphere and of life,” Colombia's first-ever leftwing head of state elaborated in defense of the environment.

  • Friday, September 13th 2024 - 10:05 UTC

    Colombia: Petro says there are plans to overthrow him in the next three months

    Petro said the plot against him was financed by the mafia (Pic AFP)

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro Thursday said an “imminent” coup d'état against him was in the making. He warned that his removal from office was to be carried out in the next three months and mentioned that large sums of money were involved in his intended removal from office.

  • Saturday, August 31st 2024 - 10:50 UTC

    Two Colombian soldiers arrested in Russia after return from Ukraine during stopover in Caracas

    Medina shared his geolocation from the Venezuelan capital's airport during a stopover from Madrid. That was the last time their families had any contact with them.

    Two Colombian soldiers who fought alongside Ukrainian forces against Russia have been captured in Moscow after a mysterious disappearance during their journey home. José Arón Medina Aranda and Alexander Ante, who were last seen in Caracas on July 18 after landing from Madrid, have surfaced in a video showing them under arrest in Russia, where they are accused of being mercenaries.

  • Monday, August 12th 2024 - 06:43 UTC

    Virtual Summit featuring Maduro, Lula, Petro, and AMLO being arranged

    “The purpose is to generate a dialogue that leads to very specific agreements,” Murillo pointed out

    According to Colombia's Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo, a virtual summit bringing together Presidents Nicolás Maduro (Venezuela), Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Brazil), Gustavo Petro (Colombia), and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO - Mexico) has been agreed upon to discuss the crisis triggered by the July 28 elections which both the ruling party and the opposition in Caracas claim to have won.

  • Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 09:23 UTC

    Lula would negotiate with Gustavo Petro to demand transparency in Venezuela's Elections

    A Brazilian government official highlighted Lula's frustration with Maduro's failure to uphold promises of transparency

    In response to the controversial presidential elections in Venezuela, which declared Nicolás Maduro the winner with 50.20% of the vote without transparency, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is negotiating a joint statement with Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. This statement would demand a transparent recount of the votes to ensure legitimacy and accuracy in the electoral process.

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