Health Alert: COVID-19 Testing Requirement for Air Travel
Location: Bogotá, Colombia Event: COVID-19 Testing Requirement for Air Travel The U.S. Embassy continues to monitor the rapidly changing conditions due to COVID-19 in Colombia and in…
Health Alert – Department of State – Bureau of Consular Affairs
Location: Worldwide – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director has signed an order requiring all airline passengers traveling to the United States, including U.S. citizens and Lawful Permanent…
Health Alert: Message for U.S. Citizens: Updated Bogota Health Measures
Location: Bogotá, Colombia Event: Updated Bogota Public Health Measures The U.S. Embassy continues to monitor the rapidly changing conditions due to COVID-19 in Colombia and in other…
Security Alert: Grenade Attack in Barranquilla
Location: Barranquilla, Colombia Event: Grenade Attack in Downtown Area A grenade exploded in downtown Barranquilla, on Calle 44 between Carreras 40 and 41, around noon today Tuesday,…
Travel Advisory: UPDATED: Changes in Inbound Travel Policy and Other Public Health Measures
Location: Bogotá, Colombia Event: UPDATED: Changes in Inbound Travel Policy and Other Public Health Measures The U.S. Embassy continues to monitor the rapidly changing conditions due to…
Statement by Ambassador Philip S. Goldberg
At 3:41 this morning, the United States Congress completed its count of the Electoral College votes in accordance with the Constitution, and affirmed the democratic election of Joseph R. Biden as…
Message for U.S. Citizens: Changes to Inbound Travel Requirements and Other Public Health Measures
Location: Bogotá, Colombia Event: Changes to Inbound Travel Requirements and Other Public Health Measures The U.S. Embassy continues to monitor the rapidly changing conditions due…
Alert: Reintroduction of Pico y Cédula Policy
Location: Bogotá, Colombia Event: Reintroduction of Pico y Cédula Policy Citing high municipal rates of COVID-19 transmission and infection, the mayor of Bogotá has reinstated…
Statement of the United States Embassy on U.S.-Colombian Law Enforcement Cooperation and the Peace...
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and other representatives of U.S. Law Enforcement in Colombia work in strict compliance with U.S. and Colombian law and under…
Treasury Sanctions Network for Assisting Colombia’s Clan del Golfo Drug Trafficking Organization
Washington – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Jhon Fredy Zapata Garzon (Zapata Garzon) pursuant to the…
United States Provides More than $1 Million in Hurricane Relief in Colombia
U.S. Ambassador to Colombia Philip S. Goldberg announced today a ten-fold increase in humanitarian assistance in response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Iota. “The…
Demonstrations on Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Location: Bogotá Event: Demonstrations on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 The U.S. Embassy is aware of protests planned for Wednesday, November 25, throughout Bogota. Over 2,000 taxi drivers…
Demonstrations in Bogotá on Saturday, November 21, 2020
Location: Bogotá Event: Demonstrations on Saturday, November 21, 2020 The U.S. Embassy is aware of demonstrations resulting in vandalism and/or clashes with the police in several places…
The United States provides 100,000 dollars to help those impacted by Hurricane Iota
The United States Ambassador to Colombia, Philip S. Goldberg, today announced that the U.S. will provide US $100,000 to respond to the request for humanitarian…
Demonstrations from Thursday, November 19, to Saturday, November 21, 2020
Location: Bogotá, Cartagena, Barranquilla, and possibly elsewhere in Colombia Demonstrations from Thursday, November 19, to Saturday, November 21, 2020 The U.S. Embassy is aware of…
Weather Alert – Tropical Storm Iota (November 15, 2020)
Location: Colombia, Providencia and Santa Catalina Departments Event: Tropical Storm Iota is expected to enter near Providencia and Santa Catalina between Sunday and Monday. There is…
Alert: Travelers to Colombia No Longer Require COVID-19 Test Results
Location: Colombia Event: Travelers to Colombia No Longer Require COVID-19 Test Results As of November 5, travelers arriving to Colombia are no longer required to…
Alert: Colombia Travel Advisory Level 3: Reconsider Travel
The Department of State renewed its travel advisory for Colombia on October 30, 2020. The Department advises travelers to reconsider travel to Colombia. Reconsider travel to…
