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.

JANUARY 8, 2026|ByREUTERS

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.

JANUARY 6, 2026|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.

JANUARY 5, 2026|ByREUTERS

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.

JANUARY 3, 2026|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN, REUTERS

Tribute to the late Ronit Elkabetz screened at international film festival in Latin America

JUNE 21, 2023ByALAN ROSENBAUM

Ronit Elkabetz in Keren Yedaya's film "Bride of the Sea," 2009

Israeli, two others indicted for smuggling 700 kg. of Colombian cocaine

The Spanish and Moroccan pair tested the drugs in Colombia and agreed to pay for two installments of $26,000 per kilogram.

JUNE 14, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

A line of cocaine is seen being snorted through a rolled up dollar.

Four Colombian children found alive in jungle weeks after plane crash

Rescuers, supported by search dogs, had previously found discarded fruit the children ate to survive, as well as improvised shelters made with jungle vegetation.

JUNE 10, 2023ByREUTERS

Colombian military soldiers attend to child survivors from a Cessna 206 plane that crashed in the jungles of Caqueta, in limits between Caqueta and Guaviare, June 9, 2023.

Israel's young soccer stars fall to Colombia at U20s World Cup

Despite valiant effort and even taking 1-0 second-half lead, Israel surrenders two late tallies in defeat • Senegal on tap

MAY 22, 2023ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN

COLOMBIA'S OSCAR CORTES scores his side’s first goal past Israel ’keeper Tomer Zarfati from the penalty spot in the 74th minute of the blue-and-white’s 2-1 loss to the South American side at the FIFA U20 World Cup in Argentina

Colombian children found alive in jungle weeks after plane crash

The four children, aged 13, 9 and 4, as well as an 11-month-old baby, survived the impact and were rescued over two weeks after the crash.

MAY 18, 2023ByREUTERS

An aerial view of the Amazon river, before the signing of a document by Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos that will allow for the conservation of the Tarapoto wetland complex in Amazonas, Colombia January 18, 2018.

Colombian descendants of Crypto-Jews rediscover their roots

In less than 30 years, a fully functional Jewish community has developed in Bello, Colombia, composed mostly of converts to Judaism whose families were once Jewish.

MAY 16, 2023ByDEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE