Mexico City. Former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas launched a call for help to the leaders of Mexico, Colombia and Brazil to intercede on his behalf, after being arrested in a police assault on the Mexican embassy in Quito on April 5. “I am in the worst prison in Ecuador and on a hunger strike. … Read more
The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, stressed the need to preserve the right to choose, be elected and participate on equal terms with the State, emphasizing that this right is fundamental for the entire society, during the investiture of State Counselor Gloria Maria Gomez. Regarding the electoral issue, Petro highlighted the case of Corina Machado … Read more
Bogota. The traditional elites of Colombia raised their loud alarms again after the government of President Gustavo Petro ordered the intervention of one of the most powerful companies in the health sector, considered the jewel in the crown of the country’s bankers. Arguing that its accounts are not clear and that the discontent of its … Read more
An unexpected debate on the Constitution opened in Colombia with the president’s proposal Gustavo Petro of convene a national constituent assembly given the difficulty in getting Congress to approve its reforms. This was recognized this Saturday by the president himself on the social network X where he referred to the proposal he presented on Friday … Read more
In Colombia, the Noticias Caracol report indicates that drug trafficker Juan Carlos López and his wife were part of Petro’s campaign in Casanare. Even members of Colombia Humana, the president’s party, knew the drug trafficker’s background. The Colombian president, Gustavo Petrostood in favor of Julian Assange this Tuesday, when two judges must decide on London … Read more
The country is facing a storm that, if not addressed with sensibility, generosity and sanity, can lead to an institutional crisis of major proportions. This has several protagonists: President Gustavo Petro, who has serious governance problems. Some, due to the resistance of some social, economic and political sectors to accept and recognize a left-wing president … Read more
As ‘drop a drop’ is known in Colombia as the loans made by private with very high interests that those who take them must pay daily to the lenders, who often resort to violence, even murder, to collect the debts. This criminal form of credit has expanded since Colombia to most of the Latin American … Read more
In dialogue with RCN Radio, criminal lawyer Stewing Arteaga Padilla, lawyer for Nicolas Petroassured that what was said by his client in the interrogations, which are already circulating in the media, is information that must be proven in court or otherwise it remains without any probative value. “To be firm, this so-called collaboration had to … Read more
In Colombia, four children – including an 11-month-old baby – have been found alive more than two weeks after their plane crashed in the jungle. When a small plane crashed in the Amazon rainforest in Colombia on May 1, 2023, the pilot and the two adults on board died – including the mother of four … Read more
Colombian President Gustavo Petro denies that his country’s authorities have expelled Venezuelan dissident Juan Guaido, despite his illegal entry into Colombia. The US-backed Venezuelan dissident, Juan Guaido Colombian President Gustavo Petro denied, on Tuesday, that his country’s authorities had expelled Venezuelan dissident Juan Guaido, but accused him of entering Colombia irregularly. Guaido said on Monday … Read more