Tag: Petro
Petro: Venezuela is burying its cryptocurrency
Five years after its launch, the state-owned cryptocurrency Petro is being phased out in Venezuela. What happened? Source: BTC ECHO The post Venezuela Buries Its Controversial Petro Cryptocurrency appeared…
Colombia Explores Bitcoin Adoption, President Petro Receives BTC
© Reuters. Colombia is making significant progress toward integrating cryptocurrencies into its economic framework, with President Gustavo Petro now owning bitcoin (BTC) after engaging in strategic discussions focused on nationwide…
In Colombia, President Gustavo Petro is embarking on an ambitious agrarian reform
Colombian President Gustavo Petro waits at Nariño Palace, seat of the presidency, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022 in Bogota, Colombia, with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not shown). (Luisa Gonzalez/Pool…
Colombia: Petro wants to put “at the service of the people” the goods seized from the narcos
Property and assets seized from drug traffickers and other criminals in Colombia will now be sold or used for the benefit of the most disadvantaged, announced President Gustavo Petro. “The…
Colombia: Petro renews military command out of concern for human rights
Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Friday appointed a new military command with a clear objective: “substantially increase respect for human rights and public freedoms“. In a context of a spike…
Colombia: Petro enthroned as the country’s first left-wing president
Published on 08/08/2022 at 07:42 Photo credit © Reuters (Read Petro in…
Petro first left head of state: Colombia’s president proposes Amazon funds
Petro first left head of state Colombian President Proposes Amazon Fund 8/8/2022 3:49 am Colombia’s new left-wing head of state Petro presents his plans: make peace with the guerrillas, redistribute…
Colombia’s new President Petro takes office
The ex-guerrilla was able to assert himself against a right-wing populist with an emphatically left-wing agenda. The newly sworn-in President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, saluted with a raised fist at…
In Colombia, Gustavo Petro is sworn in and becomes the country’s first left-wing president
Inauguration of Colombian President Gustavo Petro in Bolivar Square, Bogota, August 6, 2022. RAUL ARBOLEDA / AFP A huge crowd of several hundred thousand people gathered in Bolivar Square in…
Colombia’s first left-wing president, Gustavo Petro plays the opening
” I still have trouble believing it “, admits Eleonor, 76, contemplating Bolivar Square in Bogota, where the inauguration ceremony of the first left-wing president in the country’s history is…
Colombia: Gustavo Petro elected first left-wing president in the country’s history
It is a historic vote: the opponent Gustavo Petro became Sunday the first leftist president in the history of Colombia, with the ambition to “change” a country in crisis and…
historic victory for Gustavo Petro, the first left-wing president in the country’s history
The elected president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, with his running mate, Francia Marquez, celebrate their victory on June 19, 2022 in Bogota. JUAN BARRETO / AFP For the first time…