[1][2] The German conquistador Ambrosius Ehinger died at Chinácota in Colombia in 1533.

[3] The declaration of war did not have military consequences, but it did allow for the confiscation of property from Germans.

In early 1949, the Bank deutscher Länder and the Colombian Central Bank agreed that Colombia would deliver coffee (worth US$4 million), bananas (worth US$3 million), and tobacco (worth US$2 million), among other goods, to the Trizone from 1 July 1949, to 30 June 1950, and that this was to be settled with the delivery of German machinery and vehicles.

[5] According to the German Foreign Office, "friendly and increasingly close relations" have existed between the two countries for a long time.

[6] This makes Germany the fifth-largest trading partner for Colombia and the largest within the EU.