LATIN AMERICA is known for its left-wing revolutionaries. But Colombia is an outlier in the region. It has never had a leftist leader—until now. On August 7th, Gustavo Petro, a congressman and former ...

“We are writing a new history for Colombia, Latin America and the world,” declared Gustavo Petro, the winner of Colombia’s presidential election, in Bogotá on June 19th. His grandiloquence was perhaps ...

In Colombia, right-wing politician Iván Duque has been sworn in as Colombia’s new president. Duque was handpicked by former right-wing President Álvaro Uribe and has vowed to roll back key parts of ...

Former rebel Gustavo Petro narrowly won a runoff election over a political outsider millionaire Sunday, ushering in a new era of politics for Colombia by becoming the country’s first leftist president ...