Tag: Ivan Duque

• Wednesday, May 31st 2023 - 11:03 UTC

  Colombia returns to Unasur, Petro announces

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro Tuesday announced in Brasilia the return of his country to the Union of South American Nations (Unasur). “I have requested that it be called Association of South American Nations to guarantee pluralism and permanence in time,” said Petro five years after then-President Ivan Duque left the organization claiming that it served the interests of the “dictatorship” of Venezuela.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  Expectation mounts over Petro-Maduro meeting in Caracas

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro and his Venezuelan colleague Nicolás Maduro are to meet Tuesday in Caracas to discuss the evolution of bilateral ties after diplomatic relations between the two countries were restored following Petro's inauguration.

• Monday, August 8th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Petro sworn in as President of Colombia: times of change ahead

  

  Gustavo Petro was sworn in Sunday as Colombia's first-ever leftwing president, thus succeeding the conservative and highly unpopular Iván Duque.

• Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:59 UTC

  Petro's liaison team releases report on the state of Colombia

  

  Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro's liaison team with the outgoing administration of Iván Duque released earlier this week a report on what to expect when the first-ever leftwing head of state is inaugurated Aug. 7.

• Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 07:54 UTC

  US dollar soars in Colombia as Petro's inauguration looms over

  

  The Colombian peso Monday suffered a historic devaluation amid uncertainty less than a month ahead of President-elect Gustavo Petro's inauguration.

• Monday, July 4th 2022 - 09:39 UTC

  Duque will not welcome Maduro in Colombia for Petro's inauguration

  

  Colombia's outgoing President Iván Duque said he will not allow Venezuelan leader Nicolán Maduro to attend the inauguration of his successor Gustavo Pedro on August 7 in Bogotá.

• Saturday, July 2nd 2022 - 09:57 UTC

  Colombia, Uruguay sign extradition deal

  

  Colombia and Uruguay Friday signed an agreement on extradition and cooperation in judicial matters during a meeting in Cartagena.

• Thursday, June 30th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Petro and Uribe hold unprecedented meeting to discuss Colombia's future

  

  Colombian political foes former President Álvaro Uribe and President-elect Gustavo Petro met Wednesday for a round of dialogue that was unthinkable not so long ago. Following Petro's invitation, the two rivals got together to build bridges during their first face-to-face encounter in Bogota.

• Monday, June 20th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Third-time lucky Petro to lead Colombia's turn to the left

  

  Colombia elected a leftist government this Sunday for the first time after the second round of elections. Gustavo Petro, candidate of the Historical Pact coalition, will be the country's next president after a ballotage with good participation figures where he imposed over the right-wing populist Rodolfo Hernandez, who was a candidate of the League of Anti-Corruption Rulers.

• Monday, June 6th 2022 - 20:47 UTC

  Colombian President sentenced to 5 days' house arrest

  

  A Colombian court in the town of Ibagué has issued an arrest warrant against President Iván Duque for disobeying a previous judicial mandate to protect the Los Nevados National Natural Park located in the “Eje cafetero” (Coffee Axis) region, it was announced.