Colombia’s Supreme Court to elect new chief prosecutor
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro sent the Supreme Court a shortlist of candidates to replace chief prosecutor Francisco Barbosa at the end of his term ends in February. All candidates are…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro sent the Supreme Court a shortlist of candidates to replace chief prosecutor Francisco Barbosa at the end of his term ends in February. All candidates are…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has lost significant congressional support during his first year in office. Consequently, several of the government’s reform proposals failed to get congressional approval. When Petro took…
Colombia’s prosecution raided the presidential palace on Tuesday amid growing tensions between President Gustavo Petro and chief prosecutor Francisca Barbosa. According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, the raid was part…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro dissolved his coalition in Congress and requested the protocolary resignation of his ministers amid troubles to push through reforms. Petro announced the end of his coalition…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Monday that “a peace process begins” with the largest guerrilla organization of FARC dissidents. On Twitter, Petro specified that there will be formal negotiations between…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro sacked three of his ministers ahead local and regional elections in October. Petro announced on Monday that Education Minister Alejandro Gaviria, Culture Minister Patricia Ariza and…
The governments of Colombia and the United States will negotiate revisions to their controversial “free” trade agreement, the trade minister confirmed on Tuesday. According to the Colombia’s ambassador to Washington…
Contrary to claims made by President Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s government has made no ceasefire agreements with any illegal armed group. Petro said on Saturday that “we have agreed a bilateral…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro visited his authoritarian counterpart from Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, for the first top-level meeting since the beginning of a migrant crisis in 2015. Petro’s visit was part…