Tag: Petro
Gustavo Petro suspends the ceasefire with the Clan del Golfo
Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday March 19 suspended the ceasefire he had concluded on December 31 with the Clan del Golfo cartel, the country’s main drug trafficking gang. According…
Maduro, Petro… Emmanuel Macron, his “Latin moment”
Emmanuel Macron has sometimes been criticized for not having visited Latin America since the start of his first term – except once: in Argentina, four years ago. This week, the…
seven police officers killed in an attack, the most serious since the investiture of Gustavo Petro
Seven police officers were killed Friday, September 2 in an attack in San Luis, in the department of Huila, in the south-west of the country. The police were killed in…
President Petro offers talks to coca growers
In Colombia, the new president Gustavo Petro multiplies the proposals to fight against drug trafficking: on Wednesday August 24, he had called on the traffickers to surrender, promising them not…
more than 120 human rights defenders killed in 2022, Petro takes back the army
The figure is up by more than 30% compared to 2021. President Gustavo Petro who took office on August 7 has promised total peace. But the violence does not give…
the construction sites awaiting Gustavo Petro
Invested on Sunday August 7, Gustavo Petro became the first left-wing president in the country’s history. The former guerrilla swore in front of tens of thousands of people. Gustavo Petro…
invested president, Gustavo Petro aims for the end of the “anti-drug war”
Gustavo Petro, the first left-wing president in Colombia’s history, was sworn in on Sunday in front of hundreds of thousands of people in Bogota, calling on armed groups to sign…
Colombia’s first left-wing president, Gustavo Petro, was sworn in
Former rebel Gustavo Petro is Colombia’s first leftist president. During his four-year term, the new president has promised to raise taxes for the rich, invest in healthcare and education. Colombia’s…
the challenges that await the new president Gustavo Petro invested this Sunday
In Colombia, a former guerrilla becomes president. Elected on June 19, by a narrow majority, Gustavo Petro takes up his duties as head of state in Bogota this Sunday. Since…
War in Ukraine: Petro Poroshenko, from ex-president to battalion commander
During an interview given to the French television channel BFM TV, on March 19, former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, 56, could be seen dressed in a military uniform, with bulletproof…