Colombian President Gustavo Petro has signed a petition sheet supporting a left-leaning citizens' committee's push to call for a National Constituent Assembly, a move made during a Cabinet meeting.

Colombia's State Council provisionally suspended President Gustavo Petro's minimum wage hike, while the defense minister ordered increased protection for Petro due to mounting plot fears.

Paramilitary successor organization EGC suspended peace talks with Colombia’s government after President Gustavo Petro allegedly promised his US counterpart Donald Trump to arrest their commander. In a post on social media platform X, the organization said that its delegation “will provisionally suspend talks with the government in order to conduct consultations and clarify the accuracy […] The post Colombia’s paramilitary successors suspend peace talks appeared first on Colombia News.

President Gustavo Petro declared an emergency in large parts of Colombia in response to rains that flooded vast areas and threaten to overflood dams. The emergency was declared in all provinces on the Caribbean coast and the Choco province, which has both a Pacific and a Caribbean coast. According to disaster management agency UNGRD, heavy […] The post Colombia declares emergency in response to widespread floods appeared first on Colombia News.

Colombia's left-wing party, led by Gustavo Petro, is actively seeking the youth vote, recalling how youth protests in 2021 were instrumental in his path to the presidency.