Colombia's government announced on 21 August 2026 that it will resume coal exports to Israel, with Commerce Minister Mauricio Gómez presenting the authorising decree alongside newly inaugurated far-right President Abelardo de la Espriella. The move reverses a ban imposed by former left-wing President Gustavo Petro, who had suspended the exports — worth $450 million annually and making Colombia Israel's top coal supplier in 2023 — and severed diplomatic ties with Israel in protest at its military offensive in Gaza. The resumption is the latest in a series of rapid rapprochements between Bogotá and Jerusalem under de la Espriella, whose government has also recognised Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, restored reciprocal visa exemptions, and signalled its intention to move the Colombian embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.