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.

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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

Jewish humanitarian effort slated to launch on Colombia-Venezuela border

NATAN Worldwide Disaster Relief, HIAS and CADENA are slated to collaboratively offer a range of medical, mental health and informational services to refugees fleeing from Venezuela to Colombia.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Venezuelan soldiers patrol by boat on the Arauca River, the border between Colombia and Venezuela, as seen from Arauquita, Colombia, March 28, 2021.

COVID-19: New 'Mu variant' from Colombia could be vaccine resistant - WHO

A number of mutations suggest that the Mu variant could resist immune defenses and possibly even have a faster transmission than other variants.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021ByAARON REICH
This undated transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, also known as novel coronavirus, the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S. Virus particles are shown emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. The spikes on the outer edge of the virus parti

Helicopter carrying Colombia President Duque struck by bullets in attack

"What's clear is that this is a cowardly attack where bullet holes can be seen in the presidential aircraft," Duque said.

JUNE 26, 2021ByREUTERS
Members of the military walk in Bolivar Square during the four-day mandatory isolation decreed by the mayor of Bogota, as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bogota, Colombia March 20, 2020.

Four die during protests as Colombia marks a month of demonstrations

Violence has marked demonstrations over the last four weeks

MAY 29, 2021ByREUTERS
Four die during protests as Colombia marks a month of demonstrations

Colombia warns of new and aggressive strains of dangerous coffee fungus

Colombia, one of the world's leading coffee producers, is urging farmers to plant more resistant coffee varieties in an effort to stop the spread of a dangerous fungus.

APRIL 30, 2021ByREUTERS
A handful of coffee beans

Venezuela, Colombia rights groups ask for UN envoy amid border violence

Colombian officials estimate that some 4,000 people have fled Venezuela for Colombia since March 21 following a military offensive in Venezuela's Apure state.

MARCH 31, 2021ByREUTERS
Venezuelan soldiers patrol by boat on the Arauca River, the border between Colombia and Venezuela, as seen from Arauquita, Colombia, March 28, 2021.

Colombia reports first death from Brazilian COVID variant

Brazil has registered more than 275,000 deaths from COVID-19, second only to the United States.

MARCH 13, 2021ByREUTERS
Cartagena, Colombia

Israeli company making water from thin air comes to help Colombian state

The devices extract drinking water from the air itself, and can provide up to 800 liters of fresh water per day.

MARCH 12, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Watergen devices donated to Colombia.

Israeli-Colombian food-tech startup Demetria helps industry wake up & smell coffee

Until now, coffee-bean quality has been determined solely by cupping, a manual, expensive, time-consuming process carried out by the industry’s certified tasting experts.

MARCH 2, 2021ByHANNAH BROWN
Captura de Pantalla

Israeli citizen murdered in Colombia by local criminals, police suspect

Shushan was shot in the head twice at point-blank range by an unknown assailant who managed to escape before police arrived the scene.

FEBRUARY 27, 2021ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
A view from the "Comuna 13" neighborhood in Medellin, September 2, 2015