Sources: Xinhua
Colombia suspends electricity exports to Ecuador and announces a 30% tariff on selected Ecuadorian goods to reciprocate Ecuador's imposition of the same surcharge on Colombian imports effective February 1, which Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa attributed to a trade deficit and a lack of cooperation on combating drug trafficking. 2026-01-22
The Colombian commerce ministry officializes a complete export ban of coal to Israel to prevent further atrocities in the Gaza Strip. 2025-08-30
The National Liberation Army (ELN) and FARC dissidents exchange heavy fire across the Catatumbo region del Catatumbo, Colombia, killing at least 80 people and injuring hundreds of others, with an unknown number of people also reportedly being kidnapped, after the ELN accused the FARC dissidents of killing civilians in the area. Thousands of people have fled their homes due to the fighting. The Colombian Army says that it has rescued dozens of people, while the government calls on the ELN to cease their attacks immediately. 2025-01-19
Peru surpasses one million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fifth Latin American country to surpass the milestone after Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico. 2020-12-22
Colombia formalizes its membership with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), becoming the 37th nation in the organization. 2020-04-28
Sixty Venezuelan National Guard personnel defect to Colombia; three of them defect after smashing a barrier at the Simón Bolívar International Bridge on the Colombia–Venezuela border in two armored vehicles, leaving some injured. A video posted on social media shows the men with their guns above their heads in a sign of surrender. 2019-02-23
A mudslide in the central Colombian town of Marquetalia results in at least twelve deaths. 2018-10-11
Newly inaugurated Colombian President Iván Duque Márquez announces that he will not have an ambassador in neighboring Venezuela. 2018-08-7
17 government soldiers are killed in an attack by FARC revolutionaries in the Colombian department of Arauca. 2013-07-20
Three Colombian police officers were killed Monday during a suspected guerrilla attack near the Venezuelan border. 2010-09-14