Tag: Gustavo Petro

• Monday, June 9th 2025 - 10:35 UTC

  Colombian presidential hopeful shot during political rally

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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.

• Thursday, April 24th 2025 - 10:45 UTC

  Former Colombian FM says Petro has a drug problem

  

  Former Colombian Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva caused an international uproar when he published a letter saying President Gustavo Petro has a drug addiction problem. He insisted he noticed the matter during a joint official trip to France in 2023.

• Saturday, April 19th 2025 - 10:21 UTC

  Petro urges all Colombians to be vaccinated against yellow fever in two months

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro urged his country's entire population to be vaccinated against yellow fever within two months. He made those remarks after declaring a nationwide emergency given the outbreak of this lethal malady. “We must do it and our health system must guarantee it,” Petro underlined.

• Thursday, April 10th 2025 - 10:08 UTC

  Petro and Orsi discuss ambitious projects for Latin America

  

  Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi agreed Wednesday in Tegucigalpa with his Colombian colleague Gustavo Petro to advance Latin American integration through a continental electricity grid powered by renewable energy, a regional pharmaceutical agency to produce essential medicines, and cooperation in artificial intelligence, quantum mathematics, and space exploration.

• Thursday, April 10th 2025 - 09:28 UTC

  Honduras' Castro hands over Celac's rotating presidency to Petro

  

  Honduran President Xiomara Castro Wednesday handed over the pro tempore presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) to Colombia's Gustavo Petro at the bloc's 9th Summit in Tegucigalpa.