Gustavo Petro - Wikipedia
WEBGustavo Francisco Petro Urrego ODB ODSC ODIC (Latin American Spanish pronunciation: [ɡusˈtaβo fɾanˈsisko ˈpetɾo wˈreɣo]; born 19 April 1960) is a Colombian politician and former guerrilla who is the 34th and current president of Colombia since 2022.
Opinion: Young Colombians had high hopes for their first leftist ... - CNN
WEBAug 23, 2023 · Increasing violence conjures memories of Colombia’s conflict-ridden past. A little over one year after Colombia elected its first leftist president — Gustavo Petro — the former rebel and...
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: Full Interview on Democracy …
WEBSep 22, 2023 · Colombian President Gustavo Petro joins Democracy Now! for an exclusive broadcast interview after his address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where he spoke of the need to...
It's not easy being Gustavo Petro, Colombia's first left-wing ... - NPR
WEBMar 10, 2024 · Petro, who is a former left-wing guerrilla and Bogotá mayor, has pledged to transform Colombia into a more equal society. But during his nearly two years in office, Petro has often floundered...
Gustavo Petro: from ‘Comrade Aureliano’ to Colombian president
WEBJun 24, 2022 · When Gustavo Petro joined Colombia’s M-19 guerrilla movement in the late 1970s, he assumed the nom de guerre Aureliano in homage to Colonel Aureliano Buendía, a character in Gabriel García...
Gustavo Petro Wins the Election, Becoming Colombia’s First …
WEBJun 19, 2022 · Gustavo Petro, a former rebel and a longtime legislator, won Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday, galvanizing voters frustrated by decades of poverty and inequality under conservative...
Before He Ran for President, Gustavo Petro Was a Guerrilla …
WEBJun 19, 2022 · Before he was a politician, Gustavo Petro was part of an urban guerrilla group. Petro belonged to M-19, born in 1970 as a response to alleged fraud in that year’s presidential elections.
Gustavo Petro, from imprisoned guerilla to Colombia's first leftist …
WEBJun 20, 2022 · Born into a modest family on Colombia's Caribbean coast, Petro embraced leftist politics as a teenager after the 1973 coup d'etat in Chile that unseated Marxist president Salvador Allende.
Gustavo Petro sworn in as Colombia’s president in historic …
WEBAug 8, 2022 · Gustavo Petro, a former urban guerrilla who was jailed for his political beliefs in the 1980s, was sworn in as Colombia’s president on Sunday at the head of what is likely to be the most...
Gustavo Petro: The ex-guerrilla who could become Colombia’s …
WEBJun 18, 2022 · Despite his shyness, Petro is a powerful public speaker. After holding 100 rallies, the 62-year-old believed he could win the elections in the first round by securing at least 50% of the...