Petro orders 400 soldiers to southern Colombia to bolster security
Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered yesterday, Monday, to send 400 soldiers, six platoons of troops, to the jungle department
November 29, 2022Topic
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Colombian Congress backs impunity law for narco-guerrillas
The plenary sessions of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of Colombia have ratified the reform of the law...
November 4, 2022
Colombia’s President Petro scares away international investments, kills economic security
The arrival of Gustavo Petro to the Presidency of Colombia impacted the rampant increase of the dollar against the peso,...
October 31, 2022
Opinion: Colombian Senate plays with fire regarding narcoterrorism
(Opinion) Barely four months after his victory in Colombia's presidential election, Gustavo Petro has begun to push through most of...
October 26, 2022
Opinion: Colombians 20% poorer since Gustavo Petro won election
By Sabrina Martín (Opinion) The dollar price in Colombia has not stopped rising to the point where thousands of citizens...
October 24, 2022
Colombia: New coca leaf cultivation record in 2021
Coca-leaf production in Colombia soared last year to historic levels, flooding the world with record amounts of the drug at...
October 20, 2022
Petro’s disapproval rating doubles in just two months in office
Approval of the government of leftist Colombian President Gustavo Petro fell 10 percentage points (to 46%), while disapproval
October 20, 2022
Ecopetrol’s falling bonds could deal a bigger economic blow to Colombia, governed for the first time on the left
Perhaps no head of state of an oil-producing country has bolder plans to move away from fossil fuels than Gustavo...
October 11, 2022
Colombia’s president proposes tax on capital outflows
The peso weakened against the U.S. dollar after Petro proposed introducing a temporary tax to prevent speculative capital outflows
October 7, 2022