Tag: Colombia
The bullring has collapsed in Colombia – several dead
A printout from Dagens Nyheter, 2022-06-26 22:30 The original address of the article: https://www.dn.se/varlden/tjurfaktningsarena-har-rasat-i-colombia-fyra-doda/ Updated 22:27 Published 21:42 A grandstand has collapsed in connection with a bullfight in Espinal in…
towards a new era of relations with Washington?
After the historic election of Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first left-wing president, one of the first to congratulate the newly elected head of state was the US secretary of state. But…
Colombia: Gustavo Petro, former guerrilla and first left-wing president
Historic vote in Colombia. Gustavo Petro became on Sunday the first left-wing Colombian president in history, with the ambition to “change” a country in crisis and which has never known…
Gustavo Petro: Left-wing candidate won the presidential election in Colombia
Gustavo Petro, a former member of the guerrilla movement, won the second round of the presidential election in Colombia. Petro, who will form the country’s first left-wing government, said the…
Colombia gets its first left-wing president
– The story we are writing today is a new story for Colombia, for Latin America and for the world, said a happy Gustovo Petro after the election victory. In…
Left-wing leader Gustavo Petro, President of Colombia
Petro succeeds the unpopular conservative Iván Duque, who was not allowed to stand for a new round due to the country’s election laws. At his side as vice president, Petro…
Left-wing President of Colombia
Former left-wing rebel Gustavo Petro is Colombia’s new president. “Today is a party for the people,” Petro wrote on Twitter. With over 99.5 percent of the vote counted after the…
Left-wing President of Colombia
With over 99.5 percent of the vote counted after the second round, Petro leads by 50.5 percent against opponent Rodolfo Hernandez at 47.3 percent, a margin of 700,000 votes. –…
Olivier Dabène: “There is widespread rejection of the political class that has governed Colombia for decades”
Colombians vote this Sunday, June 19 for the second round of the presidential election. They have the choice between the left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro who came first in the first…
In Colombia, two anti-system candidates at the gates of power
The poster for the second round of the Colombian presidential election is not trivial: two anti-system candidates will compete for first place at the polls on Sunday, June 19. Gustavo…