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Colombia's Petro calls for Cabinet ministers to resign
Colombian President Gustavo Petro asked members of his Cabinet to resign on Sunday. The demand came after he criticized the Cabinet for its underwhelming performance for five straight hours on national television on Tuesday.
Colombia's Petro taps general for defense minister
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday named General Pedro Sanchez as the Andean country's new defense minister, replacing Ivan Velasquez amid a cabinet reshuffle that saw a number of ministers resign.
General Sanchez Takes Helm as Colombia's Defense Minister
General Pedro Sanchez has been appointed as Colombia's new defense minister by President Gustavo Petro. This appointment follows a significant cabinet reshuffle prompted by mass resignations. Sanchez becomes the first military official to hold the position in over thirty years,
Colombia defense minister will leave gov't, ministry says
The resignation of Colombia Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez from President Gustavo Petro's cabinet is definitive, the ministry said in a social media post on Tuesday, as Velasquez
Petro nombra a militar activo como nuevo ministro de Defensa de Colombia
Por Fernando Ramos, CNN en Español El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, anunció este miércoles que el nuevo ministro de Defensa, en reemplazo de Iván Velásquez, será el general Pedro Sánchez. El
Colombia's Cabinet Shake-Up: New Defense Minister Appointed
Colombian President Gustavo Petro appointed General Pedro Sanchez as the new defense minister, succeeding Ivan Velasquez. This change comes amid a significant cabinet reshuffle following a tense meeting where President Petro requested resignations from all ministers,
Colombia's Petro names General Pedro Sanchez as defense minister
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday named General Pedro Sanchez as the Andean country's new defense minister, replacing Ivan Velasquez amid a cabinet reshuffle that saw a
Colombia's Petro says drug traffickers want to kill him with missiles
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday said drug traffickers have acquired two missiles which they plan to fire at his ...
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Colombia’s interior minister resigns as cracks deepen in President Petro’s coalition
(AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File) BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian Interior Minister Juan Fernando Cristo resigned on ...
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Israel-Colombia spat deepens, as Israel stops arms sales and Bogotá threatens to cut ties
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said Hamas is the “invention of Mossad” and compared Israel’s bombing of Gaza to Nazism. (JTA) — Israel paused arms sales to Colombia over what ...
Colombia: President Petro Compares Cocaine To Whiskey, Wants Its Legalised | Firstpost America |N18G
Colombia: President Petro Compares Cocaine To Whiskey, Wants Its Legalised | Firstpost America | N18G In a live-streamed ...
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Curfew imposed after bomb attacks in Colombia injure six
Guerrilla fighters carried out four bomb attacks that wounded six people in a restive region of northeast Colombia, prompting ...
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Colombian President Alleges Plot To Down His Plane With Missiles
The statement came as Petro faces plummeting public approval and has asked his cabinet to resign on the grounds they were ...