| Agency Name: | Taipei Commercial Office in Bogotá, Colombia 駐哥倫比亞代表處 |
| Nativename: | Oficina Económica y Cultural de Taipéi en Bogotá, Colombia |
| Jurisdiction: | Colombia Panama Venezuela Cuba |
| Headquarters: | Carrera 11 # 93-53, Oficina 501, Bogotá, Colombia |
| Chief1 Position: | Representative |
| Website: | Oficina Comercial de Taipéi en Colombia |
The Taipei Commercial Office in Bogotá, Colombia (Spanish: Oficina Comercial de Taipéi en Bogotá, Colombia) represents the interests of Taiwan in Colombia in the absence of formal diplomatic relations, functioning as a de facto embassy.
Until 1980, Colombia recognised Taiwan as the Republic of China, which, in addition to its embassy in Bogotá, had a consulate general in Barranquilla.[1] In that year, it established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.[2] [3]
There is no longer a counterpart organisation in Taipei, although a Colombian Trade Office was established in 1993[4] and closed in 2002.[5]
The Office is headed by Ms Francisca Y.T.Chang,[6] its Representative as of 2020.[7]
It also has responsibility for relations with Venezuela.[8] These were previously handled by the Oficina Economica de Taipéi in Caracas, established in 1974, but closed in 2009,[9] following tensions with the government of Hugo Chávez, which had close ties with the People's Republic of China and refused to renew the visas of the office's staff.[10]