The Latest Breaking News from Gustavo Petro

By Dave Sherwood

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says his government will act as a “guarantor” in peace talks between Colombia’s government and the National Liberation Army rebel group that are slated to begin later this year

The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela say the years-long closure of their countries’ shared border to cargo transport will end Sept. 26

Colombia will focus its anti-drug fight on weakening traffickers' financial power and will continue forced eradication of coca crops, the country's new national police director said in his first interview with international media.

Colombia's government on Wednesday approved the extradition of Alvaro Fredy Cordoba, the brother of a senator in the left-wing Pacto Historico party of President Gustavo Petro, to the United States to face drug-trafficking charges.

The recent election of Colombia’s first left-wing president, Gustavo Petro, and first black vice-president, Francia Márquez, creates a new opening to revitalise ties with Africa.

Eight police officers were killed in an explosives attack in western Colombia on Friday, President Gustavo Petro said, the deadliest attack on security forces since he took office promising to end the country's nearly 60-year conflict.

Colombia will give properties confiscated from drug trafficking groups and valued at some $4.9 billion to farmers, women's organizations, youth collectives and universities, leftist President Gustavo Petro said on Thursday.

The governments of Venezuela and Colombia have taken a step toward normalizing ties after President Nicolás Maduro hosted an event to welcome the newly appointed ambassador from the neighboring South American country, a post that had been empty since 2019 over a diplomatic impasse

Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who took office earlier this month, on Saturday proposed a multilateral ceasefire to all illegal armed groups operating in the country as part of an effort to promote peace and end decades of internal conflict.

Once a guerilla fighter imprisoned for firearm offences, President Gustavo Petro rose to office earlier this year and has revealed a number of controversial policies, including seeking "total peace" with drug lords and a tax on the country's wealthiest residents