Colombia's Petro names interior minister

Colombia's Petro to Name Edwin Palma as New Energy Minister, Source Says
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's President Gustavo Petro will name unionist and former vice-minister of labor Edwin Palma as the country's new energy minister, as part of a cabinet reshuffle, a source in Petro's office said.
Petro Names Former Head of Oil Workers Union as Energy Minister
Colombia’s Gustavo Petro is expected to name Edwin Palma as the nation’s new energy minister following weeks of tumultuous changes inside his cabinet.
Colombia's Petro names interior minister as energy minister exits in reshuffle
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro has named Armando Benedetti as the country's new interior minister, a source within Petro's office told Reuters on Tuesday, confirming his place in the leftist's inner circle despite several scandals involving the ex-lawmaker and resistance from others in the cabinet.
Colombia Energy Minister Says Petro Has Accepted His Resignation
Colombia's energy minister Andres Camacho said in a post on X on Tuesday that President Gustavo Petro has accepted his resignation in a cabinet reshuffle. Petro asked all his ministers to present their resignations earlier this month,
Colombia’s Energy Minister Resigns Amid Cabinet Infighting
Colombia’s Energy Minister Andres Camacho said President Gustavo Petro accepted his resignation amid fractures within the leftist leader’s administration.
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President Gustavo Petro urges undocumented Colombians in the US to return home
Colombian President Gustavo Petro further buckled to President Trump’s tough new immigration policies Friday — telling his citizens still in the US illegally to “immediately” quit their ...
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Colombian Planes Carrying People Deported From U.S. Arrive in Bogota From San Diego, El Paso
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro averted an economic disaster over the weekend ... One plane, flying from San Diego, California, brought home 110 Colombians and the other, which departed from ...
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Petro versus Trump
Colombian President Gustavo Petro had taken to the platform X in the wee hours of the morning to criticise the United States for its handling of deportations. News reports had emerged that some ...
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Deportees at the center of Trump’s spat with Colombia: ‘We are not drug traffickers’
EL PAÍS speaks with the migrants deported on the military planes that the Colombian president refused to let land, a decision that nearly triggered a trade war ...
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Democrats Warn Deporting Migrants Will Raise Prices
In a recent diplomatic clash, President Donald Trump threatened Colombia with substantial tariffs after the country refused ...
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Cocaine "no worse than whiskey," would be "sold like wine" if legalized worldwide, Colombia's president says
Bogota — Cocaine "is no worse than whiskey" and is only illegal because it comes from Latin America, said Colombian President Gustavo Petro during a live broadcast of a government meeting.
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Colombia’s president calls for migrants in U.S. to leave jobs there and return home
“Wealth is only produced by the working people,” President Gustavo Petro said on the social platform X. “Let’s build social wealth in Colombia.” The president said his government would ...
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Putin finds Colombia's Petro “a promising partner”
Russian leader Vladimir Putin praised Colombia's President Gustavo Petro for the latter's speech Tuesday before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. “We share the recent words ...