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Montevideo, July 26th 2024 - 23:51 UTC

Tag: Ivan Duque

  • Monday, May 6th 2024 - 08:04 UTC

    Milei lands in LA for gathering with world personalities

    Milei will be the only sitting head of state attending the event also featuring Bill Clinton, Theresa May and Elon Musk among others

    Argentine President Javier Milei arrived in Los Angeles Sunday to participate at Milken Institute's global conference too be staged Monday at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills bringing together a series of world political and business leaders. It is Milei's fourth trip to the United States since winning the elections and third since he took office.

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

    Colombia returns to Unasur, Petro announces

    Former Colombian President Iván Duque had withdrawn from Unasur citing it only served the purposes of “Venezuela's dictatorship”

    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

    Diplomatic ties had been cut since then-Colombian President Iván Duque recognized opposition leader Juan Guaidó as Venezuela's acting president

    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

    Petro has pledged to narrow the gap between the poorest and the wealthiest

    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

    Duque leaves Petro very little on which to build

    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

    As long as there is uncertainty, investments “will leave,” Duque stressed.

    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

    “As long as I am the president of the republic, Nicolás Maduro will not enter Colombian territory,” Duque said in an interview

    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

    Photo: Pixabay

    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

    Pero and Uribe have exchanged bitter accusations from their Senate benches

    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

    It was Petro's third attempt at the presidency

    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.

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