Sources: Xinhua
The International Court of Justice dismisses Nicaragua's bid to extend its maritime territory beyond 200 nautical miles, upholding the allocation of seven Caribbean islands to Colombia in a 2012 ruling. 2023-07-13
Venezuelan Interior Minister Néstor Reverol says the country's security forces have foiled a "marine incursion" by "terrorist mercenaries" from Colombia, killing at least eight gunmen and capturing two others. The foreign group reportedly landed on a beach in the city of La Guaira on speedboats. 2020-05-3
Colombia formalizes its membership with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), becoming the 37th nation in the organization. 2020-04-28
Colombia grants national citizenship to all children born in the country to Venezuelan parents since August 2015. The measure will be in force for two years. 2019-08-5
Colombia holds its first referendum since amending its constitution in 1991 and fails to pass anti-corruption measures due to low voter turnout. 2018-08-26
Voters in Colombia go to the polls in the first round of a presidential election. 2018-05-27
Voters in Colombia go to the polls for the first round in the presidential election. Opposition candidate Óscar Iván Zuluaga wins a plurality of votes and will face the incumbent Juan Manuel Santos in the second round. 2014-05-25
2013 Nariño earthquake: A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes southwest Colombia causing major disruption to the region and injuring at least 8 people. 2013-02-9
Former Colombian crime boss Griselda Blanco is killed by hitmen in Medellín. 2012-09-3
Colombia asks Israel to extradite former Israeli army Lt. Col. Yair Klein, who was convicted by a Colombian court "in absentia" for training drug lords' assassins in the 1980s. 2011-01-28