Petro denounces arrest of electoral observers from Colombia in Ecuador

The government minister of Ecuador, José De la Gasca, said this Thursday that the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, has been «uninformed» about what happened in the elections on Sunday, in which the president Daniel Noboa obtained the victory over the correista Luisa González, and that he trusts that when «the correct messages come to him» he will make «the pronouncement that corresponds». «I believe that they have misinformed President Petr…

The Celac-China Forum is a mechanism created in 2014 to promote development and cooperation in different areas. President Gustavo Petro, met with the Chinese ambassador to Colombia, Zhu Jingyang, to advance the preparations for the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) and China Forum, to be held in May in Beijing. This was announced by the president, who holds the pro tempore presidency of th…

The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, offered this April 16, giving asylum to opponents in Ecuador “who are being persecuted,” after a supposed “black list” of people who would represent an alert for immigration authorities was reported on social networks. “There is a black list of opponents in Ecuador who are being persecuted. The government of Colombia will give asylum to everyone who arrives in Colombian territory,” Petro said on social n…

The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, spoke on Wednesday about an alleged “black list” circulating on social networks that would include several Ecuadorian politicians identified as opponents of the current government. Among those mentioned are former presidential candidate Luisa González, the former candidate for Vice President Diego Borja, former official Alexis Mera, the mayor of Guayaquil Achilles Alvarez and his brother Antonio, as well…

President Gustavo Petro announced through his X account that Colombia will grant asylum to Ecuadorian opponents who are being persecuted in his country.There is a black list of opponents in Ecuador who are being persecuted.The government of Colombia will give asylum to everyone who arrives in Colombian territory. Colombian electoral observers have been arrested https://t.co/CLByGRxszH— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) April 16, 2025 “There is a bla…

Colombia's president, Gustavo Petro, denounced on Wednesday the arrest of Colombian electoral observers in Ecuador and offered asylum to "oppositors persecuted" by the government of Daniel Noboa after the presidential ballot in which his rival called out fraud. Noboa was re-elected on Sunday for 11 points on leftist Luisa González, who did not know the defeat.The European Union, the Organization of American States and the local electoral authori…