Extraordinary powers for Petro shake in health reform

The health reform presented by the Government proposes granting extraordinary powers to President Gustavo Petro to make modifications to the labor guarantees that doctors and other workers in the sector have, an approach that has not gone down very well with the political parties. The bench of conservatism congressmen signed a proposal by Senator José […]

The concerns of the Academy of Medicine and other medical unions about the health reform

Gustavo Petro and Carolina Corcho at the presentation of the health reform document. Photo: Presidency This February 20, a couple of documents were released where the National Academy of Medicine, along with other medical associations, expressed their opinion regarding the health reform that the government of Gustavo Petro is promoting. The Colombian Association of Scientific […]

The concerns of the Academy of Medicine and other medical unions about the health reform

Gustavo Petro and Carolina Corcho at the presentation of the health reform document. Photo: Presidency This February 20, a couple of documents were released where the National Academy of Medicine, along with other medical associations, expressed their opinion regarding the health reform that the government of Gustavo Petro is promoting. The Colombian Association of Scientific […]

Health reform: it seems we are still stuck in the 90s

Last Monday, February 13, Gustavo Petro and Carolina Corcho presented the health reform document. Photo: El Espectador – Óscar Pérez These days I have attended multiple conversations, debates, forums and more about health reform. The attention from people, journalists and congressmen, previously disinterested in these issues, is only similar to what I experienced during the […]

Gustavo Petro and Nicolás Maduro will meet for the first time at the border

The presidents of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, and Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, will meet on the Venezuelan side of the border between both countries for the first time to sign a trade agreement, official sources confirmed on Thursday. We arrive in Santo Domingo (Venezuela) where we are waiting for President Nicolás Maduro and we are heading to […]

This is the heart of the health reform that Petro wants: Will the EPS enter?

These have been days full of tension for those who are waiting to learn about the health reform of the government of Gustavo Petro. After the president announced the postponement of filing before Congress (which will take place tomorrow, if the plan continues), everything has been uncertain. After months of harshly criticizing the EPS, the […]

Petro will defend health reform from a balcony of Casa de Nariño

Gustavo Petro will give his first public square speech as president from a balcony of the Casa de Nariño. A direct reflection of an image from ten years ago, when Petro was dismissed as mayor and defended himself from the balcony of the Liévano Palace before a full square. Although at first he summoned his […]