Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday ordered an increase of import tariffs on goods from the United States in ...

where President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s attacks on central bank autonomy have triggered selloffs in his nation’s bonds and currency. Petro has to change two members of the bank’s policy ...

The nations spent much of the day in a tense standoff, with the U.S. president threatening tariffs and visa restrictions ...

He was also the man behind a crypto token called Petro — a digital currency Maduro claims is backed by Venezuela’s rich oil reserves — launched in 2018. However, the experiment was far from ...