Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, left, and Uruguay's President Yamandu Orsi pose for a photo during a meeting at Estevez ...

Yamandú Orsi, a telegenic left-leaning former mayor and history teacher, has taken office as Uruguay’s new president.

Gustavo Petro moved his vice president out of her role as Colombia’s equality minister after she said her life was in danger ...

Colombia’s Gustavo Petro is expected to name Edwin Palma as the nation’s new energy minister following weeks of tumultuous changes inside his cabinet.

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro will name unionist and former vice-minister of labor Edwin Palma as the country's new ...

Gustavo Petro has antagonized Colombia’s energy industry, disrupted its health-care system and risked economic ruin in a ...

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro has named Armando Benedetti as the country's new interior minister, a source within ...

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FILE - Colombia's Interior Minister Juan Fernando Cristo, right, speaks with Special Representative and Head of the U.N. Verification Mission in Colombia Carlos Massieu, before an event marking ...

The president accused his ministers of performing poorly on key projects. https://p.dw.com/p/4qFcW Colombia's President Gustavo Petro demanded the resignations after ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said that “cocaine is no ... “easily dismantled” if the drug was legalized worldwide. Colombia is the world’s top producer and exporter of cocaine ...

It would be sold like wine.” Colombian President Gustavo Petro. Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP Colombia produced 2600 tons of cocaine in 2023. Petro also pointed out that fentanyl “is killing ...