2006 in Colombia

none 2006November 2024November 2024 Events from the year 2006 in Colombia. Incumbents President: Álvaro Uribe Vélez (2002 – 2010).East Roger https://books.google.com/books?id=5VO4AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA108 Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders Thomas Richard J. 3 June 2014 Routledge 978-1-317-63940-4 108 en4 August 2010 How President Alvaro Uribe changed Colombia https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-10841425 20 August 2024 BBC News Vice President: Francisco Santos Calderón (2002 – 2010).Publications Europa https://books.google.com/books?id=kw5W8m87FpkC&pg=PA271 South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2003 2002 Taylor & Francis 978-1-85743-138-4 271 enKline Harvey F. https://books.google.com/books?id=BJbjM7yYKmkC&pg=PA196 Historical Dictionary of Colombia 2012 Scarecrow Press 978-0-8108-7813-6 196 en Events August 2024 January 8 January – Football player Elson Becerra is shot dead at a nightclub in Cartagena.10 January 2006 Colombian star Becerra shot dead http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/4597700.stm 22 August 2024 BBC News en-GB 10 January – The 2006 Reinado Internacional del Café is held in Manizales, Colombia. February 14 February – Esneda Ruiz Cataño kills her husband José Valencia Guzmán for life insurance in Aranjuez, stabbing him in the neck beside a pool. He was her second known victim.30 January 2013 Capturada mujer que asesinó a tres de sus compañeros sentimentales Woman who murdered three of her partners arrested https://www.elmundo.com/portal/noticias/seguridad/capturada_mujer_que_asesino_a_tres_de_sus_companieros_sentimentales.php#.XNQZkRRKjIU deviated https://web.archive.org/web/20130203033300/https://www.elmundo.com/portal/noticias/seguridad/capturada_mujer_que_asesino_a_tres_de_sus_companieros_sentimentales.php#.XNQZkRRKjIU 3 February 2013 22 August 2024 El Mundo es-CO 27 February – United States Trade Representative Rob Portman and Colombian Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism Jorge Humberto Botero announce the conclusion of the bilateral United States–Colombia Free Trade Agreement.Villarreal M. Angeles 21 September 2006 U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement http://www.nationalaglawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/assets/crs/RS22419.pdf live https://web.archive.org/web/20231222222123/https://www.nationalaglawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/assets/crs/RS22419.pdf 22 December 2023 22 August 2024 National Agricultural Law Center Congressional Research Service March 12 March – The 2006 Colombian parliamentary election and Presidential Primaries are held, electing Senators and Chamber Representatives and selecting Liberal Party and Alternative Democratic Pole presidential candidates. April 27 April – Liliana Gaviria Trujillo, sister of ex-president César Gaviria, is kidnapped and murdered by the Columna Móvil Teófilo Forero of the FARC-EP in Dosquebradas, Risaralda. 28 April 2006 Asesinan a hermana de Gaviria Gaviria's sister murdered https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-2002733 live https://web.archive.org/web/20210911034140/https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-2002733 11 September 2021 22 August 2024 El Tiempo es-CO May 28 May – The 2006 Colombian presidential election is held. President Uribe is re-elected with 62.35% of the vote, defeating Carlos Gaviria Díaz and Horacio Serpa. June 25 June – Deportivo Pasto becomes a champion in 2006 Categoría Primera A semifinals for the first time in its history after defeating Deportivo Cali in the finals with a collective score of 2–1.Strack-Zimmermann Benjamin Deportivo Pasto (2006) https://www.national-football-teams.com/club/456/2006_2/Deportivo_Pasto.html 22 August 2024 www.national-football-teams.com en July 15–30 July – The 20th Central American and Caribbean Games are held in Cartagena de Indias, with some events also in Bogotá and Barranquilla.XX Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Cartagena de Indias 2006 https://editorialdeportivacain.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2006-Juegos-CAC-Tomo-2.pdf live https://web.archive.org/web/20231107105322/https://editorialdeportivacain.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2006-Juegos-CAC-Tomo-2.pdf 7 November 2023 22 August 2024 Editorial Deportiva Cain 29 July – Lissette Ochoa domestic violence case: Lissette Ochoa and her husband Rafael Dangond attend a wedding in Barranquilla. Dangond becomes jealous and beats Ochoa for hours, eventually shooting at, and missing, her when she escaped. This becomes an infamous example of domestic violence against women in Colombia after photos of Ochoa before and after the wedding went viral.5 August 2006 A indagatoria el hombre que golpeó brutalmente a su esposa en Barranquilla The man who brutally beat his wife in Barranquilla is being questioned http://caracol.com.co/noticias/316659.asp dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060806091729/http://www.caracol.com.co/noticias/316659.asp 6 August 2006 3 December 2006 CARACOL es-COConmoción en Barranquilla por golpiza a una mujer en el parqueadero del Country Club. El Tiempo. Retrieved 3 December 2006.August 2024 August 7 August – The Second inauguration of Álvaro Uribe is held in Bogotá, President Uribe is the 4th Colombian president to be re-elected.8 August 2006 Álvaro Uribe jura por segunda vez como presidente de Colombia Alvaro Uribe sworn in as president of Colombia for the second time https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/08/07/internacional/1154985446.html limited live https://web.archive.org/web/20230228224816/https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/08/07/internacional/1154985446.html 28 February 2023 22 August 2024 El Mundo es September 21 September – Vladimiro Montesinos, former Peruvian intelligence chief, is convicted and sentenced to 20 years for smuggling guns to the FARC.22 September 2006 New conviction for Peru spy chief http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5369982.stm live https://web.archive.org/web/20230709172402/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5369982.stm 9 July 2023 22 August 2024 BBC News en-GB October 18 October – President Uribe orders for the newly created Black Eagles paramilitary to be shut down and detained.31 October 2006 Las 'Águilas negras', grupo conformado por desmovilizados de las autodefensas, ya azotan 5 regiones The 'Black Eagles', a group made up of demobilized members of the self-defense forces, are already ravaging 5 regions http://www.eltiempo.com/conflicto/noticias/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3306783.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070312173530/http://www.eltiempo.com/conflicto/noticias/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3306783.html 12 March 2007 22 August 2024 El Tiempo es November 12 November – Miss Colombia 2006 is held in Cartagena de Indias.EILEEN ROCA TORRALVO, ES LA NUEVA SEÑORITA COLOMBIA http://www.intervallenato.com/news/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1393/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080518033511/http://www.intervallenato.com/news/modules.php?name=News 18 May 2008 22 August 2024 Intervallenato 22 November – The United States–Colombia Free Trade Agreement is signed. December 1 December – Lissette Ochoa domestic violence case: Rafael Dangond publicly acknowledges his drug addiction and mental health issues and their effects on his wife and children, apologizing for what he did earlier in the year.1 December 2006 Rafael Dangond, esposo de Lizeth Ochoa, le pidió perdón públicamente a ella y a su familia. http://dinamico.eltiempo.com/nacion/caribe/2006-12-01/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3349017.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090108040118/http://dinamico.eltiempo.com/nacion/caribe/2006-12-01/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3349017.html 8 January 2009 22 August 2024 El Tiempo Births Karla Torres, footballer.Karla Torres https://www.soccerway.com/player/torres-karla/YFaLt7Cd/ Soccerway 30 March 2026 Deaths 8 January – Elson Becerra, footballer (b. 1978). 5 February – José María Peñaranda, musician and songwriter (b. 1907)https://elpais.com/cultura/2006/02/07/actualidad/1139266801_850215.html Fallece el compositor José María Peñaranda, autor de 'Me voy pa'La Habana' The songwriter José María Peñaranda, author of 'Me voy pa'La Habana', has died es El País 2006-02-07 2025-06-16 18 February – Arturo Abella Rodríguez, journalist, writer, and historian (b. 1915). 21 February – Hernán Echavarría Olózaga, economist and industrialist (b. 1911). 10 May – Soraya (37), songwriter (b. 1969). 10 June – Abel Antonio Villa, singer and composer (b. 1924). 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