The Latest Breaking News from Gustavo Petro

Former Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos claimed "Maduro's days or weeks are numbered" and that the "final operation" that will result in his ouster will take place in "four to six weeks."

Every year, tons of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs flow around the world

Colombia's largest drug-trafficking cartel has reached its "peak" and is entering a decline that could see it lay down its arms, a government negotiator involved in peace talks with the group told AFP. The Clan del Golfo, which has origins in right-wing paramilitary organizations and calls itself the Gaitanista Army…

Gustavo Petro tells the UN General Assembly that there should be 'criminal proceedings' over US strikes on alleged drug trafficking vessels.

Gustavo Petro says strikes amount to ‘murder’ and are ‘only for television’

Colombia on Friday blasted the United States' "excessive" military presence in the Caribbean as destabilizing for all Latin America, a sharp rebuke from one of Washington's oldest regional allies.

Colombia's top military officer has told AFP that his country will fight the resurgent cocaine trade with or without American help, after Washington blacklisted Bogota for what it called flawed anti-drug efforts.

The US has “decertified” Colombia as an ally in the fight against drugs, adding it to a list of countries including Afghanistan, Myanmar and Venezuela. Behind the decision lie surging coca cultivation and a desire to signal that US support for Colombia is no longer unconditional. It represents a rupture…

The Colombian president believes the US has more to gain from the Colombian drug war.

Colombia on Tuesday halted arms purchases from the United States, its biggest military partner, after Washington decertified the South American country as an anti-drugs ally for failing to halt cocaine trafficking.

Petro also said Colombia's armed forces should no longer rely on U.S. weaponry: "the army will do better if it buys its weapons or makes them with our own resources"