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Colombia suspends all arms purchases from Israel after Gaza aid convoy carnage
Mar 01, 2024 10:57Colombian President Gustavo Petro has denounced Israel over “genocide” in Gaza, and announced that Bogota will suspend all arms purchases from the Tel Aviv regime after more than 100 people were killed while waiting to receive emergency food assistance in northern Gaza.
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Colombian president hosts major event against Israel's genocide in Gaza
Jan 02, 2024 12:23Colombian President Gustavo Petro has called on his country’s artists to get together at a major event against Israel’s genocidal war against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
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Colombia proposes UN recognition for Palestine as independent state
Nov 14, 2023 14:27The Colombian president says his government has decided to submit a proposal to the United Nations to recognize Palestine as a fully independent, member state of the world body.
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Chile, Colombia recall envoys from occupied territories amid Israeli war on Gaza
Nov 01, 2023 04:03Chile and Colombia have recalled their ambassadors from the Occupied Territories for consultations, citing the Israeli regime's ongoing brutal and hugely-deadly war against the Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip.
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‘Genocides are not supported’: Colombia's president condemns Israeli crimes in Gaza
Oct 16, 2023 09:44Colombian President Gustavo Petro has slammed Israel for committing crimes in the besieged Gaza Strip, saying "genocides are never supported."
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Iranian diplomat in Colombia for talks on political, economic ties
Feb 26, 2023 02:16Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Baqeri Kani has traveled to Colombia for negotiations about political, economic and cultural cooperation between Tehran and Bogota.
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Colombia’s president arrives in Venezuela, as two countries move to mend fences
Jan 08, 2023 05:56Colombia's President Gustavo Petro has traveled to Venezuela to meet with his counterpart Nicolas Maduro, as the two South American countries take further steps to normalize their relations.
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Venezuela, Colombia to reopen land borders, skies
Sep 10, 2022 04:00Venezuela and Colombia are scheduled to reopen their shared land border later this month and also resume commercial flights between the two countries.
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Venezuela, Colombia appoint ambassadors in move to restore diplomatic ties
Aug 12, 2022 01:23Venezuela and Colombia have appointed new ambassadors to their respective capitals in a move to rebuild ties following years of tension, days after Gustavo Petro took office as Colombia's first leftist president.
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Gustavo Petro sworn in as Colombia's first leftist president
Aug 09, 2022 01:57Gustavo Petro, a former fighter of the now demobilized M-19 rebel group, has been sworn in as Colombia’s first leftist president.