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Colombia–Philippines relations refers to bilateral relations between Colombia and the Philippines. Colombia has an embassy in Manila. The Philippines is accredited to Colombia from its embassy in Brasília, Brazil and maintains an honorary consulate in Bogotá. [1] Both countries are predominantly Roman Catholic, and are former Spanish colonies.
Colombia-Philippines relations remain strong, Colombians were among the Latin Americans who supported the revolt of Andres Novales, Emperor of the Philippines, against Spain. The first Miss International, Stella Marquez of Colombia, also married Jorge Araneta a Filipino of partial Mexican descent .
Although the Philippines and Colombia established diplomatic relations in 1946, [1] and Colombia opened a resident mission in Manila in 2017, [2] relations between the two countries have historically been conducted through missions in other countries, with Colombia most recently being under the jurisdiction of the Philippine Embassy in Brasília.
In 1969, Colombia formed what is now the Andean Community along with Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru (Venezuela joined in 1973, and Chile left in 1976).. In the 1980s, Colombia broadened its bilateral and multilateral relations, joining the Contadora Group, the Group of Eight (now the Rio Group), and the Non-Aligned Movement, which it chaired from 1994 until September 1998.
Colombian soldier Jhon Jairo Delgado Bastidas was killed by guerrillas of the National Liberation Army (ELN) in the municipality of Valdivia, in the department of Antioquia. [29] The railway line of Colombia's largest coal mine, Cerrejón, was attacked with explosives that caused the suspension of trains without affecting production or exports.
A new government in Colombia is likely to alter the nation's longstanding friendly ties with the United States. Significant shift expected in relations between U.S., longtime Latin American ally ...
'Colombian internal armed conflict') began on May 27, 1964, and is a low-intensity asymmetric war between the government of Colombia, far-right paramilitary groups and crime syndicates, and far-left guerrilla groups, fighting each other to increase their influence in Colombian territory. [48]
The Colombian peace process is the peace process between the Colombian government of President Juan Manuel Santos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC–EP) to bring an end to the Colombian conflict, which eventually led to the Peace Agreements between the Colombian Government of Juan Manuel Santos and FARC-EP.