Colombia

Trump invites Colombia's Petro to White House after earlier threat of military action

Trump and Petro said they discussed relations between the two countries in their first call since the US president's comments on Colombia on Sunday.

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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,
A supporter of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro carry his portrait during a rally outside the National Assembly in Caracas on January 5, 2026.

Over a dozen media workers detained in Venezuela, national press association says

Media workers were briefly detained while reporting on pro-Maduro marches and the new legislature’s swearing-in, days after the US captured the Venezuelan president.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
US President Donald Trump with US officials in the war room as the US conducts an operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on January 3, 2026.

Trump says military action against Colombia 'sounds good' after Maduro capture

"Colombia is very sick, too, run by a sick man, who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States, and he's not going to be doing it very long," Trump told reporters.

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A vehicle burns at La Carlota air base in Caracas after a series of explosions on January 3, 2026.

Iran, Hezbollah condemn, Russia offers mediation after US operation on Venezuela

US allies are "monitoring the situation." US President Trump will be holding a press conference later on Saturday to share more information.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN, REUTERS

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

JANUARY 9, 2022ByREUTERS
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."

NOVEMBER 14, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
WAVING THE Hezbollah flag in Marjayoun, Lebanon.

Grapevine November 12: Yet another honor

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

NOVEMBER 11, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
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.

NOVEMBER 9, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV
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.

NOVEMBER 8, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV
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.

NOVEMBER 7, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
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.

NOVEMBER 6, 2021ByBEN ZION GAD
View of the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem on August 15, 2018.

Grapevine November 5, 2021: When understanding overrides emotion

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

NOVEMBER 4, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER Simon Coveney.

Drug kingpin Otoniel captured by Colombian armed forces

Colombian president Duque said Otoniel's capture is the biggest blow to drug trafficking since the death of Pablo Escobar.

OCTOBER 24, 2021ByREUTERS
Dairo Antonio Usuga David, alias "Otoniel", top leader of the Gulf clan, poses for a photo escorted by Colombian military soldiers after being captured, in Necocli, Colombia October 23, 2021

‘Havana syndrome’ attacks reveal US adversaries may have dangerous intel

The coincidental timing of when US intelligence is being targeted with the "Havana syndrome" raises the possibility that the attacks are targeted.

OCTOBER 17, 2021BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
US State Department spokesman Ned Price takes questions from reporters at the State Department in Washington, US, March 31, 2021.