ALBAWABA - Colombia appointed Jorge Iván Ospina, a former mayor of Cali and close to President Gustavo Petro, as its first ambassador to Palestine, the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Monday. Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced in May 2024 the severing of diplomatic relations with Israel and accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of carrying out "genocide" in Gaza. Nonetheless, the president announced the opening of a Colombian embassy ...