Tag: Gustavo Petro

• Monday, April 1st 2024 - 19:05 UTC

  Ties between Argentina and Colombia getting back to normal

  

  Diplomatic authorities of Argentina and Colombia have taken “concrete steps” to overcome their government's “differences” and restore ties between both countries to normal following the engagement in reciprocal diatribes on TV and on social media by Presidents Gustavo Petro and Javier Milei.

• Saturday, March 30th 2024 - 09:58 UTC

  Unusual criticism from Lula da Silva and Petro on Venezuela's presidential race controversy

  

  Renowned South American political figures Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil, and Gustavo Petro, head of state of Colombia, have taken an unusual stance against Venezuela's government, criticizing its refusal to allow opposition candidate Corina Yoris to register for the upcoming presidential elections.

• Friday, March 1st 2024 - 10:11 UTC

  Petro: Colombia no longer buying guns from “genocidal” Israel

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro insisted Thursday on dubbing Israel's military deployment in Gaza as “genocide” and ordered his administration to halt all purchases of weapons from that Middle East country, it was reported in Bogotá.

• Saturday, January 27th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

  Milei: Cabinet crisis, diplomatic clash with Colombia and Argentina “closer” to dollarization

  

  While Argentine President Javier Milei said Friday that his country was closer to dollarizing its economy, Minister Luis 'Toto' Caputo announced that the taxation part of the so-called Omnibus Law bill was being spared for a later date in a move to have the legislation passed as soon as possible to achieve a zero deficit. However, the Chief of State's plans clash with other conflicts within the cabinet and also in diplomatic matters.

• Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:05 UTC

  Essequibo about to become military conflict, Colombia's Petro tells WEF

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro Tuesday said during his appearance at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, that oil- extracting in the Essequibo area held by Guyana but claimed by Venezuela should not go on. He also reckoned the dispute was on the verge of becoming a military conflict.

• Sunday, December 31st 2023 - 23:13 UTC

  Colombia: Petro signs free college education decree

  

  After mistakenly claiming that Argentina had expelled some 20,000 Colombian university students, President Gustavo Petro upped the ante and decreed that such studies would henceforth be free in his country.

• Saturday, December 30th 2023 - 11:16 UTC

  Petro opens arms to free-ride students targeted by Argentine bill

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro Friday announced on social media that his government would assist some 20,000 nationals from his country who might be affected by Argentine President Javier Milei's proposed austerity measures regarding spending cuts including an end to tuition-free studies for non-resident foreigners.

• Tuesday, November 7th 2023 - 09:07 UTC

  Colombian president Petro peace program with guerrillas in a blackout

  

  More trouble for embattled Colombian president Gustavo Petro and his ambitious peace program. The main dissident group of former guerrillas, which refused to disarm when the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) accepted a peace deal in 2016, suspended peace talks with the Colombian government on Sunday.

• Saturday, November 4th 2023 - 11:00 UTC

  Biden pledges to boost regional trade before leaders of the Americas

  

  US President Joseph Biden pledged in Washington DC before a dozen leaders from Barbados, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru, and Uruguay to boost economic ties while standing up to China and other global competitors seeking their slice of regional businesses.

• Thursday, November 2nd 2023 - 08:15 UTC

  Winds are changing in Colombia: Petro the big loser in Sunday's governor and mayor elections

  

  Colombian president Gustavo Petro's allies lost by windfalls in municipal and provincial elections on Sunday, a clear sign of growing discontent with the left-leaning government and some of its promised reforms to the health system and labor bills.