Petro Faces Major Crisis.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro is facing his biggest crisis yet, with a political scandal involving his former chief of staff and the former ambassador to Venezuela. Petro's reputation as a relatively clean figure in Colombian politics is at risk, along with the cohesion of the broad political coalition he rode to victory in 2022. He now has a number of choices ahead of him to deal with the crisis, but none of them seems palatable, and all suggest that his approval and governance will take a significant hit after the scandal.