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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. Both countries are predominantly Roman Catholic, and are former Spanish colonies.
History
Relations between Colombia and the Philippines began before they became nations. For a time after the establishment of the Manila Galleons that linked Latin America with Asia, Spain prohibited direct trade between the Viceroyalty of Peru, which included Colombia, and the Viceroyalty of New Spain, which included the Philippines. However, illegal trade between Filipinos and Colombians continued in secret, as illegal Asian goods ended up in the markets of Córdoba, Colombia, due to the collusion between Filipino, Peruvian, and Colombian merchants. They settled and traded with each other while contravening royal mercantile laws. Before the establishment of the First Filipino Republic, Colombians were seminal in the formation of the Philippines. Latin American officers from Gran Colombia were among the rebel soldiers supporting Andres Novales, the brief Emperor of the Philippines, in his short-lived revolt against Spain. Also, the first winner of the Miss International female beauty pageant, Miss Stella Marquez of Colombia, married Filipino Jorge Araneta (one of whose ancestors was Baltazar de Araneta of Mexico). Official relations between Colombia and the Philippines were established in 1959. Bilateral relations between the two nations remain healthy.
Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos visited Colombia in October 1995 to attend the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Cartagena, while President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo visited Colombia in November 2008 for an official visit. Meanwhile, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos visited the Philippines in November 2015 to attend the APEC summit in Manila as an invited guest.
In August 2024, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs announced plans to open a Philippine embassy in Colombia.
See also
References
- Recto Mercene (26 June 2019). "Colombian envoy 'enamorado' with his country of assignment". businessmirror.com.ph. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- In Spanish:Conectando as Índias: o mundo hispano-asiático do Pacífico na História Global Moderna de Ryan Dominic Crewe
- Villamar, Cuauhtemoc (March 2022). "El Galeón de Manila y el comercio de Asia: Encuentro de culturas y sistemas". Interacción Sino-Iberoamericana / Sino-Iberoamerican Interaction. 2 (1): 85–109. doi:10.1515/sai-2022-0008.
- "Filipinos In Mexico's History 4 (The Mexican Connection – The Cultural Cargo Of The Manila-Acapulco Galleons) Archived 2020-08-04 at the Wayback Machine By Carlos Quirino
- "Stella Araneta on Miss U:' I'm Colombian but I would choose Philippines'". Rappler. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- "Philippines and Colombia Agree On Ways Forward to Deepen Bilateral Relations". dfa.gov.ph. Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- "Presidential Trips: The full list". Official Gazette. Government of the Philippines. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- "Arroyo to visit Colombia after Peru APEC summit". GMA News and Public Affairs. 19 November 2008. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- "Colombian president leaves PH as APEC leaders hold retreat". ABS-CBNnews.com. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- Lee-Brago, Pia (25 August 2024). "Philippines to open embassy in Colombia". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
External links
Media related to Relations of Colombia and the Philippines at Wikimedia Commons
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