Colombia

Israel stops arms sales to Colombia, Bogotá threatens to cut ties

Colombia’s first left-wing president in decades — has continuously written pro-Palestinian posts on X, and argued with Jewish leaders.

By JACOB KESSLER/JTA
17/10/2023

Colombia’s president compares Israeli military to Nazis

The Colombian president also tweeted that Gaza is being “converted into a concentration camp.”

By JACOB KESSLER/JTA
10/10/2023

Six people implicated in Ecuador candidate murder killed in prison

The killings took place in Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil, the South American country's largest city, the attorney general's office said earlier on Friday.

By REUTERS
07/10/2023

Police thwart attempt to smuggle dozens of kilograms of cocaine into Israel

The cocaine shipment was caught right before it left Colombia by local law enforcement.

Magnitude 6.1 earthquake shakes Colombian capital, prompting evacuations

The earthquake prompted people in offices and restaurants to evacuate

By REUTERS
17/08/2023

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.

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.

By REUTERS
10/06/2023
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