BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia's President Gustavo Petro has named Armando Benedetti as the country's new interior minister, a source within Petro's office told Reuters on Tuesday, confirming his place in the leftist's inner circle despite several scandals involving the ex-lawmaker and resistance from others in the cabinet.
Petro asked all his ministers to present their resignations earlier this month, after a tense televised cabinet meeting where several high-ranking officials objected to Benedetti's presence as Petro's then-head of office and his appointment of Laura Sarabia as foreign minister.
