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Colombia’s election authority charges Petro with campaign financing violations
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Tuesday that “the coup d’état has begun” after the National Electoral Council (CNE) charged him with breaching campaign financings ... House of Representatives ...
Al Jazeera English7mon
‘Coup has begun’: Colombia’s President Petro faces campaign election probe
Election officials in Colombia have voted to launch an investigation into President Gustavo Petro’s spending during his historic 2022 campaign. On Tuesday, the majority of the 10-member National ...
Reuters1y
Colombia election authority magistrates call for probe into Petro's 2022 campaign
BOGOTA May 8 (Reuters) - Two out of nine magistrates in Colombia's National Electoral Council have requested an investigation be opened into Colombian President Gustavo Petro's 2022 campaign over ...
The New York Times2y
Gustavo Petro Wins the Election, Becoming Colombia’s First Leftist Leader
By Julie Turkewitz BOGOTÁ, Colombia — For the first ... “As I said during the campaign, I accept the results of this election.” Mr. Petro took the stage Sunday night flanked by his vice ...
MercoPress7mon
Colombia: Petro under probe over campaign finances
Colombian electoral authorities announced Tuesday that they were launching an inquiry against President Gustavo Petro for allegedly overstepping campaign ... Historic Pact political party ...
Reuters7mon
Colombia electoral authority requests investigation of Petro campaign financing
BOGOTA, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Colombia's National Electoral Council (CNE) on Tuesday requested an investigation into the 2022 election campaign of President Gustavo Petro over alleged violation of ...
NPR2y
Colombia elects Gustavo Petro in historic presidential election
I mean, Petro's campaign was focused ... leaders in rural areas of Colombia who work in very dangerous conditions and often face death threats. FADEL: Now, this election is another blow to ...
The Washington Post2y
Colombia’s historic presidential election: What you need to know
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Colombia will hold a presidential election on Sunday ... assassination threats. Petro and his running mate, Francia Márquez, appeared in campaign rallies last month behind ...
The Washington Post2y
Colombia’s new president aims to swing his country left. It won’t be easy.
A man walks near a campaign ... Petro and his running mate, Francia Marquez, ahead of weekend elections in Bogotá on June 13. The pair won the election. (Fernando Vergara/AP) On June 19, Colombia ...
Colombia’s labor unions participate in 48-hour strike in support of president’s labor referendum
Colombia’s unions have begun a 48-hour strike to support a referendum proposed by President Gustavo Petro to let voters to ...
The Independent1y
The son of Colombia's president says his father's election campaign received money of dubious origin
The son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro acknowledged Thursday that his father’s 2022 election campaign ... and partly into the campaign that made his father Colombia's first elected leftist ...