Colombia needs reform. It is among the world’s most unequal countries. It is painfully hard for a poor child to ascend into ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced that his presidential plane will be used to repatriate Colombian migrants deported from the US. This decision followed US President Donald Trump's ...

President of Colombia Gustavo Petro joins the march and greets his followers as part of the 2024 International Workers Day on May 1, 2024 in Bogota, Colombia. Diego Cuevas—Getty Images.

Mr Petro is the first former guerrilla fighter to hold the country's highest office. He was a member of the M-19 movement, a left-wing guerrilla group that demobilised in the late 1980s.