But the former guerrilla-turned-Colombia’s first leftist president apparently misjudged how vociferously the new US administration would respond. Petro did not follow Mexican President Claudia ...
Colombian President Gustavo Petro welcomed “compatriots” who ... and their family members from traveling to America. Colombia’s president said the country would impose its own 25 percent ...
Petro also suspended all dialogue. Colombia’s military on Saturday announced that it was deploying armored vehicles to reinforce security where the army and the ELN clashed on Friday.
LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images Petro, like Trump, is known as an impulsive populist. But in Colombia, his stand against the U.S. appeared to backfire. A former guerrilla member and the country's ...