2011 in Colombia
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Events in the year 2011 in Colombia.
Incumbents
- President: Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Events
May
- 30 May - FARC reportedly killed two mayoral candidates in the municipality of Campamento in the Antioquia department.[1]
October
- October - President Santos dissolves National Intelligence Service.[2]
November
- 4 November - top FARC leader Guillermo León Sáenz aka Alfonso Cano is killed by the Colombian army.[3]
- 26 November FARC reportedly killed four members of the Colombian Security Forces that were held captive for more than a decade.[4]
Deaths
- 31 January - Hernán Alvarado Solano, 65, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Guapi (Born 1946)[5]
- 9 February - Olga de Angulo, 55, Colombian Olympic swimmer. (Born 1955)[6]
- 9 February - David Sánchez Juliao, 65, Colombian author. (Born 1945)[7]
- 24 March - Gloria Valencia de Castaño, 83, Colombian television host, respiratory failure. (Born 1927)[8]
- 28 March - Sonia Osorio, 83, Colombian ballet dancer and choreographer, respiratory failure. (Born 1928)[9]
- 5 May - Salomón Hakim, 81, Colombian neurosurgeon, researcher and inventor. (Born 1922)[10]
- 14 June - Augusto Ramírez Ocampo, 77, Colombian politician, Mayor of Bogotá (1982–1984), Foreign Minister (1984–1986), heart ailment. (Born 1934)[11]
- 26 July - Joe Arroyo, 55, Colombian singer. (Born 1955)[12]
- 2 September - Alberto Zalamea Costa, 82, Colombian journalist and politician, Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire, Venezuela and Italy. (Born 1929)[13]
- 5 October - Níver Arboleda, 43, Colombian footballer, heart attack. (Born 1967)[14]
- 7 October - Julio Mario Santo Domingo, 88, Colombian businessman (Born 1923)[15]
- 19 October - Édison Chará, 31, Colombian footballer, shot. (Born 1980)[16]
- 30 October - Boris de Greiff, 81, Colombian chess master. (Born 1930)[17]
- 1 November - Héctor Rueda Hernández, 90, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Medellín (Born 1920)[18]
- 4 November - Guillermo León Sáenz, 63, revolutionary (Born 1948)[19]
- 20 November - Fabio Betancur Tirado, 73, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Manizales (Born 1938)[20]
- 23 November - Luis Fernando Jaramillo Correa, 76, Colombian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Born 1935)[21]
- 26 November [es] Libio José Martínez, (Born 1976)
References
- ^ Human Rights Watch (2012-01-22), "World Report 2012: Colombia", English, retrieved 2024-01-01
- ^ "Colombian president dissolves intelligence service". The Guardian. Associated Press. 2011-11-01. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
- ^ Human Rights Watch (2012-01-22), "World Report 2012: Colombia", English, retrieved 2024-01-01
- ^ Human Rights Watch (2012-01-22), "World Report 2012: Colombia", English, retrieved 2024-01-01
- ^ "Bishop Hernán Alvarado Solano [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "Sr/Olympic Sports".
- ^ "La Opinion".
- ^ Espectador, El (2011-03-25). "ELESPECTADOR.COM". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "Colombia Reports".
- ^ "Colombia Reports".
- ^ "Colombia Reports".
- ^ "Colombia Reports".
- ^ "Colombia Reports".
- ^ "Falleció Níver Arboleda, exjugador de Nacional y Cali". www.elcolombiano.com (in European Spanish). 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
- ^ Romero, Simon (2011-10-10). "Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Colombian Billionaire, Dies at 87". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
- ^ "Fox News Latino".
- ^ "Adiós a Boris de Greiff". El País (in Spanish). 2011-11-02. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
- ^ "Archbishop Héctor Rueda Hernández [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
- ^ Pettersson, Olle Ohlsen (2012-07-31). "Deaths in Colombian armed conflict increased in 2011: US". Colombia News | Colombia Reports. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
- ^ "catholic-hierarchy.org".
- ^ "archive.ph".
