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President of Colombia Gustavo Petro signs into law a bill outlawing bullfighting and ordering all bullrings to be converted into cultural or alternative sporting venues by 2027.
2024-07-22

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

Colombian President Gustavo Petro announces the establishment of an embassy to the State of Palestine in Ramallah in the West Bank, and also announces humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing war.
2023-10-20

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

Colombian President Gustavo Petro meets with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas to discuss issues relating to the environment and the re-opening of the border between the two nations, among others. This is the first time that the presidents of Colombia and Venezuela have met since they broke off relations in 2019.
2022-11-1

Left-wing candidate, former 19th of April Movement guerrilla and former Bogotá mayor Gustavo Petro, and populist former Bucaramanga mayor Rodolfo Hernández Suárez, win 40% and 28% of the vote respectively. They will face off in the second round in June.
2022-05-29

Over 500 Venezuelan migrants block a major toll road in northern Bogotá, Colombia, demanding they be allowed to return home after the coronavirus pandemic caused economic opportunities to dry up.
2020-04-29

A suspected terrorist bomb explosion in an Andino shopping mall's ladies bathroom in Bogotá, Colombia, kills three women and injures at least 11.
2017-06-17

An Aerosucre Boeing 727-200 Flight 4544, used as a cargo plane, crashes shortly after takeoff in Puerto Carreno's Germán Olano Airport en route to the Colombian capital Bogota killing five people and injuring one.
2016-12-20

Gustavo Petro, mayor of Bogotá, Colombia, is removed from office and banned from re-taking it for fifteen years, due to a failing city cleaning policy promoted by him.
2013-12-9