Colombia's President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday said drug traffickers have acquired two missiles which they plan to fire at his plane, in order to kill him, citing the success of his efforts to tackle the drug trade.

The resignation of Colombia Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez from President Gustavo Petro's cabinet is definitive, the ministry said in a social media post on Tuesday, as Velasquez joins the environment and interior ministers in exiting the government.

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday named General Pedro Sanchez as the Andean country's new defense minister, replacing Ivan Velasquez amid a cabinet reshuffle that saw a number of ministers resign.

In a regulatory filing, Rush Street Interactive (RSI) noted that on January 24, Colombian President Gustavo Petro, citing violence in the

Hours after Colombia’s leftist president Gustavo Petro demanded that his entire cabinet resign, he boarded a flight to Dubai to give a speech on artificial intelligence and the threat it poses to “global civilisation”.

Por Fernando Ramos, CNN en Español El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, anunció este miércoles que el nuevo ministro de Defensa, en reemplazo de Iván Velásquez, será el general Pedro Sánchez. El

- Honduras' President Xiomara Castro waves during the swearing-in ceremony for Colombia's President Gustavo Petro in Bogota, Colombia, Aug. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

Por Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, creó dos impuestos temporales que buscan recaudar recursos para financiar medidas con el fin de atender los efectos de los

Colombian President Gustavo Petro adjusts his hair as he speaks at the swearing ceremony for the new National Police Director Gen. Carlos Fernando Triana in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Feb. 18,

Colombian President Gustavo Petro, left, shakes hands with Gen. Carlos Fernando Triana, the new director of the national police, during Triana's swearing-in ceremony in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Feb.

La renuncia del ministro de Defensa de Colombia, Iván Velásquez, al gabinete del presidente, Gustavo Petro, es definitiva, informó el martes el ministerio en las redes sociales.

Por Andrea Gomez, CNN en Español El 9 de febrero, tras un consejo de ministros transmitido en vivo unos días antes, el presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, pidió la renuncia protocolaria de “ministr