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Petro’s cabinet in turmoil as resignations follow Benedetti's appointment | The City Paper Bogotá

The political landscape in Colombia has been rocked by a wave of high-profile resignations following President Gustavo Petro’s decision to broadcast a cabinet meeting in which he appeared alongside incoming Chief of Staff Armando Benedetti. The fallout has not only deepened internal fractures within Petro’s government but has also ignited fierce backlash from some of his closest allies, many of whom view Benedetti’s appointment as a destabilizin…