Colombia celebrates this Sunday the first round of the presidential elections. After four years in power, Gustavo Petro, the first elected left-wing president in the country's history, will hand over the reins to a new president, as the Colombian Constitution has prohibited re-election since 2015. According to polls, Ivan Cepeda, Petro's party's candidate, is expected to win the elections, but everything points to him not reaching 50% of the votes, requiring a second round from which traditional right-wing parties could be excluded. The electoral call comes with favorable macroeconomic data for the country and approval ratings for Petro's figure that are unusual at the end of a term, which is expected to boost Cepeda at the polls, as he presents a continuity program focused on social and economic reforms and maintains a similar stance to Petro's regarding the United States, but with nuances.

Donald Trump is a millionaire, a real estate magnate, has direct interests in technology companies and... is Donald Trump. The President of the United States embodies in himself all the characteristics of the "enemy" that this weekend has been pointed out by the left gathered in Barcelona, with Pedro Sánchez as host, who has established himself as the reference of the international progressive movement. "When we socialists govern, states do not bow to elites, we put them in their place," he exclaimed to close the weekend summits before the 6,500 people who filled pavilion 8 of Fira de Barcelona. The commitment of the Spanish leader, but also of the heads of state and government who have met, is to "resist" the push of the far-right, but also to "build" together a new multilateral world. "We will twist the arm of those who believe themselves untouchable. Of the millionaires who exploit people and play with greed; of the speculators who play with people's savings and homes, and of the technologists who line their pockets at the expense of the health of democracies and the mental health of our youth," Sánchez ratified, intoning from the stage the "No to war" that the entire auditorium followed.

"Despite not having been a soldier, I know about war and clandestinity," Petro said a few days ago when Trump was issuing warnings to Bogotá. A tension and exchange of public messages The truce was short-lived: on Wednesday night they made peace with an hour-long phone call that eased tensions, according to the Colombian ambassador in Washington. Trump noted that it had been "an honor" to speak with the very president whom he had labeled a drug trafficker just days beforeFor his part, Petro posted a photograph on social media of two animals—an eagle and a cheetah—symbolizing a step toward friendship between the two countries. But Petro had already warned: "I swore not to touch another weapon since the 1989 peace agreement, but for the sake of my country, I will take up the weapons I don't want again."

The US State Department has revoked the visa to the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, arguing that he has urged US soldiers to "disobey orders and incite violence." Petro, one of the main leaders of the Latin American left, participated in a pro-Palestine demonstration in New York on Friday, coinciding with the celebration of the 80th United Nations General Assembly.

Colombia has been shaken by two attacks targeting a police helicopter in Antioquia and a military airbase in Cali, which have left at least 18 dead and dozens injured and have put one of the main dissidents of the disappeared FARC, the Central General Staff (EMC), identified as responsible. The country's president, Gustavo Petro, described the day as a "day of death" and did not hesitate to describe the events as "terrorist reactions" against his government's offensive. Currently, there are two arrests for the attack in Cali.