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President Gustavo Petro announces that Colombia will suspend diplomatic relations with Israel over its actions in Gaza.
2024-05-1

Colombia requests the departure of the Israeli ambassador following Colombian President Gustavo Petro's remarks criticizing Israel's actions. In response, Israel suspends security exports to Colombia.
2023-10-16

Colombia reports a record 13,990 new cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total to 1,496,062.
2020-12-19

Tropical Storm Iota strengthens in the Caribbean Sea and is expected to intensify in the coming hours, threatening many parts of Central America, including Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia. The storm is expected to grow into a hurricane.
2020-11-14

Aida Merlano, a former Congresswoman who is serving a fifteen-year sentence for buying votes and for firearms offences, escapes from prison in Bogotá, Colombia.
2019-10-1

After an emergency summit, eleven nations of Latin America (including Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru) announce that they will all admit Venezuelan migrants without the required travel documents.
2018-09-5

Colombia's Constitutional Court votes in favor of same-sex marriage, in a 6-3 decision.
2016-04-7

Former Colombian crime boss Griselda Blanco is killed by hitmen in Medellín.
2012-09-3

Venezuela and Colombia re-establish diplomatic relations after a meeting between recently inaugurated President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos and Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in Santa Marta, Colombia, mediated by UNASUR Secretary General Néstor Kirchner.
2010-08-11

Spain requests an explanation from Venezuela concerning allegations that it helped terrorist groups Euskadi Ta Askatasuna and FARC plot to kill Colombian President Álvaro Uribe and other Colombian personalities in Spanish soil.
2010-03-1