David Castrill News Today

He’s the global left’s latest poster boy. Dressed in a bulletproof vest and standing behind a team of shield-wielding bodyguards, Gustavo Petro, the former guerilla turned senator and mayor, told Colombia’s voters that conservative governments failed the nation. On June 19, Petro was elected Colombia’s first leftist president. Francia Márquez, an environmental activist, became the country’s first Black vice president. Petro joins a growing “pink tide” that’s sweeping across Lati...

The tax reform sparking unrest aims to expand social protections for some Colombians.

The tax reform sparking unrest aims to expand social protections for some Colombians. A man protests the governments tax reform in Bogotá on April 28.Vannessa Jimenez G/NurPhoto via Getty Images An ambitious effort to expand Colombia’s social safety net hit a snag on April 28 when thousands took to the streets to protest the government’s plan to pay for it.  The government’s latest attempt at tax reform would help expand and make permanent a basic income support program introduce...