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Colombian President Gustavo Petro escapes assassination attempt while traveling to Córdoba

Petro alleged that a “new drug cartel board” has been plotting to kill him since he assumed office in August 2022, El Tiempo reported.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks during a meeting with members of the Colombian diaspora at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC, on February 5, 2026.
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Oldest trace of Syphilis-linked DNA from 5,500-year-old bone shows disease came from Americas

A Twin Otter aircraft purchased by Colombian airline Satena is seen in the company's hangar in Bogota, Colombia, November 25, 2024; illustrative.

Plane crash in Colombia kills all 15 on board including lawmaker

Colombian President Gustavo Petro attends a rally in defense of national sovereignty, following statements by U.S. President Donald Trump suggesting a possible military intervention in Colombia, days after the U.S. struck Venezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores,

Trump invites Colombia's Petro to White House after earlier threat of military action


Israeli company making water from thin air comes to help Colombian state

The devices extract drinking water from the air itself, and can provide up to 800 liters of fresh water per day.

The Watergen devices donated to Colombia.

Israeli-Colombian food-tech startup Demetria helps industry wake up & smell coffee

Until now, coffee-bean quality has been determined solely by cupping, a manual, expensive, time-consuming process carried out by the industry’s certified tasting experts.

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Israeli citizen murdered in Colombia by local criminals, police suspect

Shushan was shot in the head twice at point-blank range by an unknown assailant who managed to escape before police arrived the scene.

A view from the "Comuna 13" neighborhood in Medellin, September 2, 2015

First-ever virtual 'Israel Summit' launched by Harvard, Columbia University

"Our goal is to allow students of all backgrounds to form unique and personal connections to the State of Israel, in a holistic and nonpartisan environment."

"The Israel Summit"

Colombia to deport alleged drug crime-lord and pimp from Israel

Immigration authorities of the South-American country said Barmi was living in the country illegally and won’t be allowed to return for a decade.

A member of the Anti-Narcotics Division of El Salvador Civil Police stands guard next to seized packages of cocaine during an operation near the coast in San Salvador, El Salvador October 11, 2018.

Seven dead in police brutality protests in Colombia

Demonstrators were protesting the death this week of lawyer and father of two Javier Ordonez, 46, who died after being subjected to successive electric shocks as he begged "Please, no more."

Protesters clash with police after a man, who was detained for violating social distancing rules, died from being repeatedly shocked with a stun gun by officers, according to authorities, in Bogota, Colombia September 9, 2020.

Venezuela looking to buy Iranian missiles - Colombian president says

Though Venezuela has previously purchased weaponry from countries like China and Russia, Maduro's government is mired in a long-running fiscal crisis.

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (L) meets with Hassan Rouhani, president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in Astana, Kazakhstan September 10, 2017.

Fear, rumours lead to hundreds of attacks on COVID-19 responders

The real figure was likely much higher, the global humanitarian agency said.

FILE PHOTO: Nurse Jeff Gates processes a patient sample at a drive-through testing clinic for coronavirus, flu and RSV, currently by appointment for employees at UW Medical Center Northwest in Seattle, Washington, U.S. March 9, 2020

Grapevine August 16, 2020: Bucking the system

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon addresses the UN General Assembly in New York in 2018.

Colombia Innovation Center to open in Jerusalem, marking trade agreement

Colombian President Ivan Duque Marquez told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the news during a video meeting on Monday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Colombia President Ivan Marquez meet by video