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.

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


Four killed, 70 injured in partial collapse of bullring in Colombia

Ambulances were sent from the nearby cities of Ibague and Melgar to help the injured, who have overwhelmed El Espinal's hospital.

 Debris is seen after part of a grandstand collapsed in a bullring, during the celebration of the San Pedro festivities in El Espinal, Colombia June 26, 2022.

Colombian senator to 'Post': Christianity is Judaism for gentiles

Meet Colombia's first-known Jewish senator, Edgar Palacio Mizrahi.

 Colombian Senator Edgar Palacio Mizrahi

Iran, Russia aid Venezuela in moving troops to Colombian border

Colombia's defense minister Diego Molano claimed foreign interference by Iran and Russia is at play in South America.

 Colombia's Defense Minister Diego Molano speaks with the Commander of the Colombian Military Forces, General Luis Fernando Navarro

First Colombian with non-terminal illness dies legally by euthanasia

Victor Escobar, diagnosed with end-stage COPD, had fought two years for his right to euthanasia in the face of opposition from doctors, clinics and courts

Victor Escobar, 60, who suffered from an end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and became the first person in Colombia to undergo euthanasia for a non-terminal disease, leans on the shoulder of his wife Diana Nieto at their home in Cali, Colombia, October 19, 2021.

Two Hezbollah members arrested in Colombia, says defense minister

The defense minister stated Iran's enrichment of uranium and support for the Maduro regime in Venezuela sparked "concerns."

WAVING THE Hezbollah flag in Marjayoun, Lebanon.

Grapevine November 12: Yet another honor

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MOSHE KANTOR (left) with Wolfgang Sobotka.

Colombian president downplays Jerusalem office: ‘We’re being practical’

Iván Duque says Bogota is Israel’s “number-one ally in Latin America,” seeks to deepen ties through tech collaboration.

 Ivan Duque Marquez, President of Colombia, speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 2, 2021.

Herzog asks Colombian president, as IAEA board member, to crack down on Iran

The president asked Colombia, which was recently admitted to the IAEA, to help combat Iran's nuclear ambitions.

 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Colombia President Iván Duque Márquez, November 8, 2021.

Colombia to open Jerusalem trade office in nod to Israel's sovereignty

Office opening is seen as a partial victory for the campaign to push international recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Ivan Duque Marquez, President of Colombia, visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel, 7 November 2021.

Woman pushed off balcony can't return to Israel to testify

Charlotte Alberado from Colombia was pushed off a four-story balcony in Israel in 2018.

 View of the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem on August 15, 2018.