Colombia, US spar over Petro’s approach to fighting drug cartels

Colombia’s green transition should be inclusive: Interview with Susana Muhamad, former environment minister

BOGOTÁ — In June 2022, Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla member, was elected as Colombia’s first avowedly leftist president, promising to fight inequality, bring “total peace” to the country, and dismantle the fossil fuel industry.  After Petro took office, Colombia became the first major oil-producing country to join the treaty initiative to eliminate fossil fuel extraction. In early 2023, he banned new oil and gas exploration contracts, while …

Colombia's left-wing government under Gustavo Petro, which has been ruling since 2022, regards electricity as a human right and works on the democratization of electricity. Andrés Camacho was responsible for the energy transition as Minister.

The scene, by way of placidness, was striking. Chancellor Laura Sarabia posed the week before for a portrait with Kristi Noem, the U.S. Secretary of National Security. They had just held a meeting where they had understood each other perfectly, as they both said. Noem also met in private with Gustavo Petro, the president. Noem, a hawk of the Donald Trump administration, known for his racist statements and for spreading bullies against immigrants…

By Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Saturday rejected statements made by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in an interview Friday about the meeting she had with the president in Bogotá at the end of March. Noem, according to the official, said that some members of the Tren de Aragua (Aragua Train) are his "friends." During a public event, Petro said he is against drug trafficking and that his com…

Colombia, US spar over Petro’s approach to fighting drug cartels

Colombia said it’s acting “decisively” against transnational organized crime after a senior U.S. official described the country’s president as being sympathetic to drug traffickers and gang members.

Colombia, US Spar Over Petro’s Approach to Fighting Drug Cartels

Colombia said it’s acting “decisively” against transnational organized crime after a senior US official described the country’s president as being sympathetic to drug traffickers and gang members.