3 days ago · Gustavo Petro enjoys reading French authors. His daughters have studied at the French Lycée. On his first visit to Paris as president of Colombia, he was amazed by the pomp and ceremony with which he was received. ... The issue has further strained relations with Venezuela. The ELN moves from one side of the border to the other, as it sees fit ...

Jan 23, 2025 · Gustavo Petro gripped the lectern with both hands on Wednesday. His nasal delivery was due to an ongoing bout of influenza. He asked himself, ... of course. They had taken the most direct route to get from one point to another: Venezuela. The Colombian government has long known that the Venezuelan army coexists with the ELN in the border area ...

Jan 21, 2025 · The Colombian border village of Tres Bocas has become a ghost town as residents flee to neighboring Venezuela to escape a new wave of violence that has left at least 80 people dead and displaced thousands in Colombia’s Catatumbo region. ... Colombian President Gustavo Petro suspended peace talks with the ELN on Friday, accusing the rebels of ...

Apr 10, 2024 · President Gustavo Petro of Colombia and President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela met yesterday in Caracas. This was the fifth time that the two heads of state have met since the Colombian president began his mandate in August 2022.

Aug 1, 2024 · On the subject of Nicolas Maduro's victory in the Venezuelan presidential election, declared by the Chavist government and contested by the opposition, he calls on Caracas to carry out a...

Apr 20, 2023 · WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden hosted Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Thursday for talks at the White House amid deep differences on U.S. drug policy and Venezuela but a shared desire to deepen cooperation …

Apr 25, 2023 · Colombian President Gustavo Petro has hosted world leaders in Bogotá for a one-day conference to discuss the political situation in Venezuela, where critics accuse the administration of...

Nov 1, 2022 · The meeting between Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s newly elected leftist president, and Nicolás Maduro, a socialist-inspired leader who has eviscerated his country’s democratic institutions and ...

Apr 5, 2023 · Bloomberg — Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro is finalizing plans to host an international summit aimed at reigniting negotiations between Venezuela’s beleaguered government and its opposition parties, a move that will put him at the forefront of a global push to resolve the country’s political crisis before presidential elections next ...

Nov 3, 2022 · A red carpet, the presidential guard and even Christmas trees: Colombian President Gustavo Petro was received with great fanfare at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas on Tuesday, November 1, by...