Gustavo Petro

Español The firm Cifras y Conceptos, allied with Caracol Radio and Red Más Noticias, revealed a new survey of the presidential elections that will be held in Colombia in 2018. The results showed that left-wing former Bogota mayor…
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Gustavo Petro, the current mayor of Bogotá, will leave his term of office on December 31 rather bruised, politically speaking. Aside from ending his four years in the second most important political post in the country with a dismal…
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EspañolBogotá, Colombia's capital, was the target of several terrorist attacks last week. The primary suspect is the guerrilla group National Liberation Army (ELN), but police have also arrested two former contractors of the current…
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EspañolHow do you reduce the level of violence in a society, while also allowing individuals the freedom to pursue their various ends? Is the mere presence and natural growth of norms of coexistence enough, as Friedrich Hayek posited, …
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EspañolStatist ideas have advanced so far since the 19th century that today many of the state's functions today are considered normal, traditional, necessary, and even convenient. But they're not. Controlling the money supply is one such…
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EspañolWhile the Colombian national football team played remarkably well at the World Cup 2014 in Brazil, Bogotá's local government officials, led by Mayor Gustavo Petro, seized the opportunity to do what they do best: restrict citizens'…
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EspañolColombian politicians’ distrust of open trade, economic competition, and free markets is as innate as a koala bear’s fondness for slightly moist eucalyptus leaves and longish naps on shaded treetops. I make this comparison with the…
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EspañolGustavo Petro has described the decision by President Juan Manuel Santos to dismiss him as mayor of Bogotá as "a coup against the citizen's vote." Yesterday afternoon, Santos signed a decree ratifying the decision of Attorney General…
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EspañolIn various places in Latin America, we are directly experiencing the consequences of believing in the utopias (dystopias?) that statist leaders love to promise. As we witness with concern the evolution (degeneration?) of the social…
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EspañolYesterday, the attorney general of Colombia dismissed the mayor of Bogotá, Gustavo Petro. Although Petro's management included the adoption of statist policies, this decision is a bad sign for the country in two ways. First, this…
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