Tag: Gustavo Petro

• Thursday, March 26th 2026 - 10:22 UTC

  Colombia Hercules crash aftermath: political clash over causes intensifies days after tragedy

  

  The Hercules C-130 crash in Putumayo, which killed 70 people on March 23, has escalated into an open political confrontation between President Gustavo Petro, the military leadership, and the opposition over the causes of the disaster and the state of the country's defense capabilities, against the backdrop of presidential elections scheduled for May 31.

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• Friday, March 20th 2026 - 16:26 UTC

  Two US federal prosecutors investigating Colombian President Gustavo Petro over alleged narco ties

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro is the subject of a criminal investigation by at least two US federal prosecutors over alleged links to international drug trafficking, The New York Times reported Thursday, citing three people with knowledge of the matter.

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• Tuesday, March 17th 2026 - 22:45 UTC

  Petro accuses Ecuador of bombing Colombian territory, deepening rift with Noboa

  

  The crisis between Colombia and Ecuador escalated sharply on Tuesday after Colombian President Gustavo Petro said his country was being bombed from Ecuadorian territory, while his counterpart Daniel Noboa rejected the allegation and insisted military operations were taking place only on Ecuador’s side of the border.

• Monday, March 16th 2026 - 05:17 UTC

  Colombia and Venezuela will seek full Mercosur membership, Petro says

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro said his country and Venezuela will seek admission to Mercosur as full members, one day after a ministerial meeting in Caracas that he described as “extremely successful,” according to EFE. In a message posted on X, Petro said: “We will ask for the moratorium to be lifted so Venezuela can enter Mercosur as a full member, and Colombia will submit its own request to join as a full member.”

• Friday, March 13th 2026 - 03:12 UTC

  Petro sends ministers to Caracas after meeting with Delcy Rodríguez is called off

  

  Colombia and Venezuela shifted their planned bilateral contact to the ministerial level on Friday after a presidential meeting announced for the border was abruptly canceled under the formula of “force majeure.” Instead of the face-to-face encounter scheduled between Gustavo Petro and Delcy Rodríguez at the Atanasio Girardot bridge, Bogotá sent a delegation to Caracas led by Foreign Minister Rosa Villavicencio and including the ministers of defense, trade, and mines and energy.

• Monday, March 9th 2026 - 02:06 UTC

  Historic Pact and Democratic Center lead Colombia’s Senate race after legislative vote

  

  Historic Pact, the left-wing coalition linked to President Gustavo Petro, and the Democratic Center, led by former president Alvaro Uribe, were on Sunday emerging as the two main forces in Colombia’s Senate for the 2026-2030 term, according to preliminary pre-count results. Colombia’s electoral authority, the Registraduría, was publishing official real-time results on its election portal, while local media reported that Senate bulletin 25 showed Historic Pact with 3,599,411 votes and Democratic Center with 2,473,529.

• Wednesday, February 25th 2026 - 03:30 UTC

  Petro signs petition sheet backing a constituent assembly push in Colombia

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday signed one of the official sheets being used by a left-leaning citizens’ committee to collect signatures in support of calling a National Constituent Assembly. The move came during a Cabinet meeting livestreamed on the presidency’s social media channels, 12 days before congressional elections.

• Tuesday, February 17th 2026 - 03:47 UTC

  Colombian pro-Trump lawmaker asks Petro for help after ICE arrests her son

  

  Colombian Conservative congresswoman Ángela Vergara says her 22-year-old son, Rafael Alfonso Vergara, has been detained in the United States by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and had spent “18 days jailed and chained” when she first went public.

• Monday, February 16th 2026 - 05:46 UTC

  Petro to issue new temporary minimum wage decree after court suspension

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro said he will issue “in the coming days” a temporary decree on the 2026 minimum wage after the Council of State ordered a provisional suspension of the government’s late-December decree setting the increase.

• Thursday, February 12th 2026 - 00:00 UTC

  Petro removes police general Urrego after alleging plot to sabotage Trump meeting

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro has ordered the removal from active duty of Brigadier General Edwin Masleider Urrego Pedraza, who had been serving as police commander in Cali, after accusing him of involvement in an alleged attempt to sabotage Petro’s recent meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.