Colombia

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.

FEBRUARY 11, 2026|ByLARA SUKSTER MOSHEYOF

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.

Oldest trace of Syphilis-linked DNA from 5,500-year-old bone shows disease came from Americas

Ancient DNA from a 5,500-year-old skeleton in Colombia reveals the oldest genome of "Treponema pallidum" yet, sharpening evidence that treponemal diseases predate European contact.

FEBRUARY 2, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

A Satena flight from Cúcuta to Ocaña crashed in northeast Colombia, killing all 15 people aboard, among them local lawmaker Diógenes Quintero.

JANUARY 29, 2026|ByREUTERS

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

Trump and Petro said they discussed relations between the two countries in their first call since the US president's comments on Colombia on Sunday.

JANUARY 8, 2026|ByREUTERS

Ancient 'demonic' temple with painted human remains found in Peru

A Spanish explorer from the 17th century described the temple as being used for demonic summonings and mentioned a witchcraft university nearby.

MARCH 11, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Archaeologists work on the a new discovery of a network of passageways under a more than 3,000 year-old temple in the Peruvian Andes, in Ancash, Peru, May 27, 2022.

Israeli musician sings about love and peace in Colombia

FEBRUARY 19, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Colombia confirms possible Chinese spy balloon flying over airspace

Colombia's air force issued a statement providing limited details concerning a possible balloon its air defense system had located on Friday.

FEBRUARY 5, 2023ByREUTERS

A suspected Chinese spy balloon is seen before it was shot down off the coast of Garden City, South Carolina, U.S. February 4, 2023

Israeli jazz musician takes center stage in Colombia

DECEMBER 31, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli jazz guitarist and composer Yoav Eshed

Landslide buries bus in Colombia, at least 33 dead - government

Officials said at least 25 people were on the bus traveling between Cali, Colombia's third largest city, and Condoto, in Choco province.

DECEMBER 5, 2022ByREUTERS

aerial view of the rescue operations of a bus that was buried after a landslide due to heavy rains in Pueblo Rico, Colombia December 5, 2022

For the first time: Hebrew schools to open in Colombia

"Our goal is to teach the Hebrew language as the common language of the Jewish people,” says Marina Rosenberg Koritny, head of the Department for Encouraging Aliyah in the World Zionist Organization.

OCTOBER 25, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Marina Rosenberg Koritny, head of the Department for Encouraging Aliyah in the World Zionist Organization with students in Colombia

This is why you shouldn't bring strippers to a nursing home

After causing an uproar on the internet, the organizers apologized and said that they were shocked at what they heard and "did not expect this to happen."

OCTOBER 10, 2022ByMAARIV ONLINE