Editing Foreign relations of Colombia (section)

===Americas===
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|{{flag|Argentina }}||<!--Date started-->8 March 1823 || See [[Argentina–Colombia relations]]
* Argentina has an embassy in [[Bogotá]].
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Buenos Aires]].<ref>{{cite web
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* Both countries are full members of the [[Organization of American States]], [[Latin American Economic System]], [[Latin American Integration Association]], [[Rio Group]] and [[Union of South American Nations]].
* {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20120219174941/http://www.mrecic.gov.ar/portal/seree/ditra/co.html List of Treaties ruling the relations Argentina and Colombia (Argentine Foreign Ministry]
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|{{flag|Bolivia}}||<!--Date started-->19 March 1912||See [[Bolivia–Colombia relations]]
* Bolivia has an embassy in Bogotá.
* Colombia has an embassy in [[La Paz]].
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|{{flag|Brazil}}||<!--Date started-->24 April 1907||See [[Brazil–Colombia relations]]
* Brazil has an embassy in Bogotá and a vice-consulate in [[Leticia, Amazonas|Leticia]].
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Brasília]] and consulates-general in [[Manaus]], [[São Paulo]] and in [[Tabatinga]].
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|{{flag|Canada }}||<!--Date started-->6 October 1952||See [[Canada–Colombia relations]]
* Canada has an embassy in Bogotá.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/colombia-colombie/| title = Embassy of Canada in Colombia}}</ref>
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Ottawa]] and consulates-general in [[Calgary]], [[Montreal]], [[Toronto]] and [[Vancouver]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://ottawa.consulado.gov.co| title = Embassy of Colombia in Ottawa}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Chile}}||<!--Date started-->21 October 1822||See [[Chile–Colombia relations]]

Both nations are members of the [[Pacific Alliance]].
* Chile has an embassy in Bogotá.
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Santiago]].
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|{{flag|Ecuador }}||<!--Date started-->10 February 1832||See [[Colombia–Ecuador relations]]

Present-day Colombia and Ecuador trace back established official diplomatic relations to December, 1831 with the signing of the Treaty of Pasto, in which both countries recognized each other as sovereign states. The Ecuadorean diplomatic mission in New Granada (Colombia) did not open until 1837. It wasn't until 1939 that Ecuador raised the diplomatic mission's status to an official embassy. Colombia did the same the following year, in 1940.<ref>[http://www.mmrree.gov.ec/mre/documentos/ministerio/archivo_historico/radi/colombia.pdf mmrree.gov.ec diplomatic relations of Colombia and Ecuador] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620013003/http://www.mmrree.gov.ec/mre/documentos/ministerio/archivo_historico/radi/colombia.pdf |date=June 20, 2009 }} {{in lang|es}}</ref>
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Quito]].
* Ecuador has an embassy in Bogotá.
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|{{flag|Guyana}}||<!--Date started-->18 December 1970||See [[Colombia–Guyana relations]]
* Both countries have established diplomatic relations on 18 December 1970.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.minfor.gov.gy/docs/other/diplomatic_relations_list.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-02-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307101008/http://www.minfor.gov.gy/docs/other/diplomatic_relations_list.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-07 }}</ref>
* Both countries are full members of [[Organization of American States]], [[Association of Caribbean States]] and [[Union of South American Nations]].
* Colombia is accredited to Guyana from its embassy in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
* Guyana is accredited to Colombia from its embassy in Caracas, Venezuela.
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|{{flag|Mexico }}||<!--Date started-->3 October 1823 ||See [[Colombia–Mexico relations]]

* Colombia has an embassy in [[Mexico City]] and consulates in [[Cancún]] and [[Guadalajara]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://mexico.embajada.gov.co| title = Embassy of Colombia in Mexico City}}</ref>
* Mexico has an embassy in Bogotá.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/colombia/| title = Embassy of Mexico in Bogotá)}}</ref>
* Both countries are full members of the [[Organization of American States]] and the [[Pacific Alliance]].
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|{{flag|Nicaragua }}||<!--Date started-->8 March 1825||See [[Colombia–Nicaragua relations]]

The relationship between the two Latin American countries has evolved amid conflicts over the [[Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina|San Andrés y Providencia Islands]] located in the Caribbean close to the Nicaraguan shoreline and the maritime boundaries covering {{convert|150000|km²|0|abbr=on}} that included the islands of [[San Andrés (island)|San Andrés]], [[Providencia Island|Providencia]] and [[Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina|Santa Catalina]] and the banks of [[Roncador Bank|Roncador]], Serrana, [[Serranilla Bank|Serranilla]] and [[Quita Sueño Bank|Quitasueño]] as well as the arbitrarily designed [[82nd meridian west]] which Colombia claims as a border but which the International Court has sided with Nicaragua in disavowing.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-latin-american-border-tensions-rise17sep07?single_page=y&print=y| title = LA Times: Border tensions rise in Central & South America}}</ref>
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Managua]].
* Nicaragua has an embassy in Bogotá.
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|{{flag|Panama}}||<!--Date started-->9 July 1924||See [[Colombia–Panama relations]]

* Colombia has an embassy in [[Panama City]] and consulates in [[Colón, Panama|Colón]], [[Jaqué]] and in [[Puerto Obaldía]].
* Panama has an embassy in Bogotá and a consulate-general in [[Barranquilla]].
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|{{flag|Paraguay }}||<!--Date started-->27 July 1870||See [[Colombia–Paraguay relations]]
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Asunción]].
* Paraguay has an embassy in Bogotá.
* Both countries are full members of [[Union of South American Nations]], [[Organization of American States]], [[Organization of Ibero-American States]], [[Rio Group]], [[Group of 77]], [[Latin American Economic System]] and [[Latin American Integration Association]].
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120217191728/http://www.mre.gov.py/paginas/representaciones/Embajadas.asp?CodRepresentacion=29&tipo=1 Paraguayan Ministry of Foreign Relations about relations with Colombia]
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|{{flag|Peru}}||<!--Date started-->6 July 1822||See [[Colombia–Peru relations]]

Both nations are members of the [[Pacific Alliance]].
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Lima]] and a consulate-general in [[Iquitos]].
* Peru has an embassy in Bogotá and a consulate-general in [[Leticia, Amazonas|Leticia]].
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|{{flag|United States }}||<!--Date started-->19 June 1822 ||See [[Colombia–United States relations]]

The country traditionally has had good relations with the United States. Relations were strained during the presidency of [[Ernesto Samper Pizano|Ernesto Samper]] (1994–98) due to accusations of receiving illegal campaign funding from the [[Cali Cartel]]. Relations between the two countries greatly improved during the [[Andrés Pastrana|Pastrana]] administration (1998–2002). In January 2000, the Clinton administration pledged more than US$1 billion of mainly military assistance to Colombia to assist the antidrug component of President Pastrana's strategy known as [[Plan Colombia]].

Relations with the United States became a foreign policy priority for the [[Álvaro Uribe|Uribe administration]], and Colombia became an important ally in the "[[War on Terrorism]]". In March 2002, in response to a request from U.S. President [[George W. Bush]], the [[U.S. Congress]] lifted restrictions on U.S. assistance to Colombia to allow it to be used for counterinsurgency in addition to antidrug operations. U.S. support for Colombia's antidrug-trafficking efforts included slightly more than US$2.5 billion between 2000 and 2004, as compared with only about US$300 million in 1998. Some critics of current US policies in Colombia, such as Law Professor John Barry, claim that US influences have catalyzed internal conflicts.

Colombia rejects threats and blackmail of the United States of America after the threat of [[Donald Trump]] to decertify the country as a partner in counter-narcotics efforts.<ref name = "Nobody has to threaten us: Colombia in response to Trump"/>

{{Blockquote|For more than 30 years Colombia has demonstrated its commitment – paying a very high cost in human lives – with overcoming the drug problem. This commitment stems from the profound conviction that the consumption, production and trafficking of drugs constitute a serious threat to the well-being and security of citizens. Colombia is undoubtedly the country that has fought the most drugs and with more successes on this front. No one has to threaten us to meet this challenge.|source= Colombia’s National Government <ref name = "Nobody has to threaten us: Colombia in response to Trump">{{Cite web |url=http://es.presidencia.gov.co/sitios/busqueda/noticia/170914-Comunicado-del-Gobierno-Nacional/Noticia |title=Comunicado del Gobierno Nacional |date=2017-09-14 |website=presidencia.gov.co |access-date=2017-09-14}}</ref>}}

{{Blockquote|The problem of drugs is global. Overcoming it can only be achieved through cooperation and under the principle of joint responsibility. Consumer countries’ authorities have a fundamental responsibility to their fellow citizens and the world to reduce consumption and to attack trafficking and distribution organizations in their own countries.|source= Colombia’s National Government <ref name = "Nobody has to threaten us: Colombia in response to Trump"/>}}

Latin America rejects Trump's military threat against Venezuela.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-venezuela-military-idUSKBN1AR2GR |title= Latin America rejects Trump's military threat against Venezuela |date= 11 August 2017|publisher = reuters.com}}</ref> [[Brazil]], Colombia and other countries in the region prefer to play a constructive role that would prevent a civil war in Venezuela.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/16/opinion/trump-maduro-venezuela-latin-america.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/16/opinion/trump-maduro-venezuela-latin-america.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited|title= Strongmen Have the Edge With Trump. Why Not Maduro?|newspaper = nytimes.com |date=16 July 2018 |access-date= 7 August 2018 |last1=Shifter |first1=Michael |last2=Toppelberg |first2=David }}{{cbignore}}</ref> Colombia's Foreign Ministry said that all efforts to resolve [[Crisis in Venezuela (2012–present)|Venezuela's crisis]] should be peaceful.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://es.presidencia.gov.co/noticia/170812-Comunicado-de-prensa-del-Ministerio-de-Relaciones-Exteriores |title= Comunicado de prensa del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores |date=2 June 2017 |language = es|website=presidencia.gov.co}}</ref> Colombia proposed the idea of the [[Sustainable Development Goals]] and a final document was adopted by the [[United Nations]].<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://impakter.com/short-history-sdgs/|title= A Short History of the SDGS. |date= 20 September 2016 |publisher = impakter.com |access-date= 8 October 2017}}</ref>
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Washington, D.C.]], and consulates-general in [[Atlanta]], [[Boston]], [[Chicago]], [[Houston]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Miami]], [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]], [[New York City|New York]], [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], [[San Francisco]] and in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]], [[Puerto Rico]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.colombiaemb.org| title = Embassy of Colombia in Washington, DC}}</ref>
* United States has an embassy in Bogotá.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bogota.usembassy.gov/ |title=Embassy of the United States in Bogotá |access-date=2008-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430134302/http://bogota.usembassy.gov/ |archive-date=2008-04-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|{{flag|Uruguay}}||<!--Date started-->25 August 1888||See [[Colombia–Uruguay relations]]
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Montevideo]].
* Uruguay has an embassy in Bogotá.
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|{{flag|Venezuela }}||<!--Date started-->27 November 1831||See [[Colombia–Venezuela relations]]

The relationship has developed since the early 16th century, when Spanish empire colonizers created the province of [[Santa Marta]] (now Colombia){{Unreliable source?|date=December 2007}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Roa|first=Alberto Saldarriaga|title=Fundación de Santa Marta|url=http://www.colombialink.com/01_INDEX/index_historia/02_la_conquista/0010_fundacion_santamarta.html|publisher=Colombialink.com|access-date=2007-11-25|language=es|archive-date=2007-12-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218212743/http://www.colombialink.com/01_INDEX/index_historia/02_la_conquista/0010_fundacion_santamarta.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the province of New Andalucia (now Venezuela).<ref>{{cite web|last=Ruano|first=Maru|title=Cumaná|url=http://es.catholic.net/escritoresactuales/499/1119/articulo.php?id=11565|publisher=Catholic.net|access-date=2007-11-26|language=es}}</ref> The countries share a history for achieving their independence under [[Simón Bolívar]] and becoming one nation—the [[Gran Colombia]]—which dissolved in the 19th century.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mabry |first=Donald J |title=Gran Colombia and the United Provinces of Central America |url=http://www.historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=354 |publisher=Historical Text Archive |access-date=2007-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022144317/http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=354 |archive-date=2007-10-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Following then, the overall relationship between the two countries has vacillated between cooperation and bilateral struggle.

In February 2019, Venezuelan president [[Nicolás Maduro]] cut diplomatic relations with Colombia after Colombian President [[Ivan Duque]] helped Venezuelan opposition politicians deliver humanitarian aid to their country. Colombia recognized Venezuelan opposition leader [[Juan Guaidó|Juan Guaido]] as the country's legitimate president. In January 2020,  Colombia rejected Maduro's proposal that the two countries restore diplomatic relations.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-colombia-venezuela-idUSKBN1ZT30R| title = Reuters| website = [[Reuters]]}}</ref> Following the election of Colombian President [[Gustavo Petro]], the two countries restored diplomatic relations in August 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-29 |title=Venezuela and Colombia restore diplomatic ties after three years |url=https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20220829-venezuela-and-colombia-restore-diplomatic-ties-after-3-years |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=France 24 |language=en}}</ref>
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Caracas]] and maintains several consulates throughout the country.
* Venezuela has an embassy in [[Bogotá]] and maintains several consulates throughout the country.
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