The Latest Breaking News from Gustavo Petro

As Colombia’s voters put aside a longtime antipathy to leftists and chose one as their new president, they also have carved out another milestone — electing for the first time a Black politician to be vice president

Colombia's new President, Gustavo Petro, was once a member of M-19 — a wild rebel group that stole the Sword of Simon Bolivar and is rumoured to have worked with and against Pablo Escobar.

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The latest in Latin American politics today:

Colombia for the first time elected a leftist as its next president, but the narrow victory with only a 3-percentage-point margin is a cue that a large portion of the South American country rejects the ambitious proposals of Gustavo Petro

Colombian leftist guerrilla group the National Liberation Army (ELN) is open to advancing peace talks with the incoming government of President-elect Gustavo Petro, it said on Monday, and called for reforms to tackle social exclusion and inequality.

Despite the election euphoria, Petro has a thin mandate and is viewed with suspicion by many

Francia Marquez, a single mother and former housekeeper, will be Colombia's first Black woman vice president after a historic vote on Sunday saw the Andean country pick its first leftist president, Gustavo Petro.

When Colombians elected their first leftist president ever on Sunday, they also elected the country’s first Black vice president: Francia Marquez, a single mother who worked as a maid before challenging international mining interests as a fiery environmentalist. Her victory marks a turning point in a country plagued by social…

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Francia Marquez will also become the country’s first black woman vice-president