Gustavo Petro

Issued on: 07/08/2022 - 23:00 Colombia’s first leftist president was sworn into office Sunday, promising to fight inequality and heralding a turning point in the history of a…

President-elect Gustavo Petro and vice president-elect Francia Marquez won an historic race with the promise to bring about deep social, economic and political change in Colombia. But will Petro, the first left-wing president in the…

Issued on: 06/07/2022 - 03:42 Colombia’s leftist president-elect Gustavo Petro on Tuesday proposed a “bilateral ceasefire” with the violence-stricken country’s last active…

BOGOTA: Colombia will be governed by a leftist president for the first time after former rebel Gustavo Petronarrowly defeated a real estate millionaire in a runoff election that underscored people's disgust with the country's traditional…

Former rebel Gustavo Petro narrowly won a runoff election over a political outsider millionaire Sunday, ushering in a new era of politics for Colombia by becoming the country’s first leftist president. Petro, a senator in his third…

The social media campaign that propelled a 77-year-old construction magnate into Colombia’s presidential runoff deliberately cultivated his image as an anti-politician to tap voter anger……