Like Petro, he demobilized in 1990 as part of the peace agreement signed by the M-19 President Gustavo Petro has appointed his fellow former M-19 guerrilla combatant Manuel Alberto Casanova to ...

although that deepened his differences with military officers who still cannot forgive Petro for his own guerrilla past within the M19 group. The President-elect also underlined that the bulk of ...

Petro, M-19, and Escobar’s Ghost Before he became Colombia’s first leftist president, Gustavo Petro was part of M-19, a guerrilla movement known for its audacious, almost theatrical acts of ...

Peña, Colombia's new ambassador in Washington, talks about evolving bilateral ties under Presidents Trump and Petro.

Before he became Colombia’s first leftist president, Gustavo Petro was part of M-19, a guerrilla movement known for its audacious, almost theatrical acts of rebellion. M-19 was born in the 1970s ...