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Montevideo, July 7th 2025 - 03:20 UTC

Tag: Gustavo Petro

  • Friday, July 4th 2025 - 14:03 UTC

    Colombian FM resigns over differences with President Petro

    Sarabia's departure added to Petro's internal crisis

    Laura Sarabia resigned this week as Colombia's Foreign Minister, citing “differences” with President Gustavo Petro in “recent days.” Her departure adds to a cabinet crisis that has seen over 50 ministerial changes in three years.

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  • Thursday, July 3rd 2025 - 10:13 UTC

    Petro accuses former FM of plotting to overthrow him

    The legal action stems from leaked audio recordings in which Leyva allegedly discusses strategies to oust the president, including seeking “external support” from a foreign government

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro filed a lawsuit Wednesday against former Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva for allegedly plotting to remove him from power. The former official has been accused of treason, libel, slander, conspiracy to commit sedition, and incitement to commit a crime.

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  • Thursday, June 12th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    South America's leftwing leaders support CFK after court ruling

    Lula and Petro called CFK to express their solidarity

    Most of South America's leftwing leaders expressed their solidarity with former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), whose 6-year prison sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court (CSJN) earlier this week.

  • Wednesday, June 11th 2025 - 09:47 UTC

    Colombian authorities gun down guerrilla leader Cholinga

    Cholinga had links to drug trafficking organizations, including the Sinaloa Cartel

    Colombian Army troops gunned down Wilmar Pazu Rivera, alias “Cholinga,” a leader of the FARC dissidents' Isaías Pardo Bloc within the Central General Staff (EMC), during a Joint Command of Special Operations (CCOES) mission in the hamlet of Las Dalias, in the municipality of Paez (Cauca), President Gustavo Petro announced.

  • Monday, June 9th 2025 - 10:35 UTC

    Colombian presidential hopeful shot during political rally

    Senator Miguel Uribe is not related to former President Álvaro Uribe despite sharing political views

    Colombian Senator and 2026 presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay, 39, was shot twice Saturday during a campaign rally in El Golfito Park, Bogota’s Fontibon district, at around 5 pm local time. Uribe, a member of the conservative Democratic Centre party, was stabilized at a local clinic before being airlifted to the Santa Fe Foundation hospital, where he underwent neurosurgical and vascular procedures. As of Sunday, he remained in stable but critical condition.

  • Monday, June 9th 2025 - 07:51 UTC

    Colombia will buy Swedish Gripen 39 fighters to update its Air Force

    So far Brazil has been the main export market for the Saab Gripen 39 fighter jet

    Colombia following on the steps of Brazil will buy fighter planes from Sweden, the Saab Gripen 39, to replace its aging wing of Israeli Kfir aircraft, and after declining proposals from the US and France, President Gustavo Petro announced in a post on social media.

  • Monday, June 2nd 2025 - 08:32 UTC

    Colombian President insists mafia groups want to kill him

    Petro linked the gangas wanting him dead to the ones behind the murder of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro has denounced multiple assassination plots against him, highlighting a recent incident involving the discovery of anti-tank weapons near the presidential Casa de Nariño palace in Bogotá.

  • Thursday, May 15th 2025 - 17:41 UTC

    World leaders pay tribute to José Mujica, remembering his legacy of humility

    Photo: Sebastián Astorga

    World leaders from across Latin America and beyond have paid tribute to former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica, who passed away at the age of 89, remembering him as a global symbol of humility, social justice, and unwavering principles.

  • Tuesday, May 13th 2025 - 10:09 UTC

    Colombia to join China's Belt and Road Initiative

    Petro also insisted on the need for integration with neighboring countries

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced in Beijing Monday that his country would be joining China's Belt and Road Initiative, also known as the Silk Road.

  • Monday, April 28th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    IMF tightens the reins on Colombia

    Petro calls Georgieva “a vampire”

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) authorities were “vampires” who suspended his country's access to a US$ 8.1 billion flexible credit line on Saturday.

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