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Weekly Report - 20 February 2025 (WR-25-07)
COLOMBIA: Petro places defence ministry under military control
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro’s diplomatic tour of the Middle East, from which he returned on 16 February, came as his government was embroiled in unprecedented crisis at home. So far, only three ministers have been sworn-in following Petro’s demand for mass resignations after a chaotic televised cabinet meeting on 4 February [WR-25-06]. The most significant new appointment was that of General Pedro Sánchez as defence minister on 19 February, replacing Iván Velásquez (2022-2025). Sánchez’s appointment bucked a decades-long norm for the defence ministry to be under civilian control, aside from a brief interlude of several months in 2009.
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