2001 in Colombia

none 2001November 2024November 2024 August 2024 Events of 2001 in Colombia. Incumbents President: Andrés Pastrana Arango (1998–2002). Vice President: Gustavo Bell (1998–2002). Events January 1 January – Politicians elected in the October 29th 2000 regional and municipal elections take office.September 2024 4 January – The Colombian Government asks the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to clarify whether they were responsible for the 29 December 2000 assassination of Congressperson Diego Turbay and his family in Caquetá.21 February 2002 Cronología del proceso de paz Timeline of the Peace Process https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_1752000/1752115.stm live https://web.archive.org/web/20240606102049/http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_1752000/1752115.stm 6 June 2024 28 August 2024 BBC Mundo esAugust 2001 Colombia: Beyond Negotiation: International Humanitarian Law and its Application to the Conduct of the FARC-EP, III. Abductions and Extrajudicial Executions https://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/farc/Formatted%20FARC-Eng%208-241-02.htm live Publications Human Rights Watch (HRW) 13 3(B) https://web.archive.org/web/20231104202859/https://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/farc/Formatted%20FARC-Eng%208-241-02.htm 4 November 2023 28 August 2024 17 January – Chengue Massacre.Masacre de Chengue - Rutas del Conflicto https://rutasdelconflicto.com/masacres/chengue 22 June 2024 rutasdelconflicto.com 2 October 2019 Spanish February 8-9 February – The FARC return to peace talks after meetings between Manuel "Sureshot" Marulanda and President Andrés Pastrana Arango. 24-27 February – President Pastrana meets with U.S. President George W. Bush in New York at the United Nations General Assembly.Visits By Foreign Leaders of Colombia https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/visits/colombia 20 August 2024 U.S. Office of the Historian March 23 March – President Andrés Pastrana meets with Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. April 10-13 April – Naya Massacre: Members of the Calima Front of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) kill around 50 mostly displaced Indigenous and Afro-Colombian people in Alto Naya, Cauca.CM 2012-06-20 The roots of the El Naya massacre https://verdadabierta.com/the-roots-of-the-el-naya-massacre/ 2024-08-24 VerdadAbierta.com es-CO May 17 May – A car bomb goes off in Parque Lleras in Medellín, killing at least seven people and injuring at least 50.18 May 2001 Car bomb blast kills 7 in Medellin https://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/05/18/colombia.bomb.02/index.html 19 August 2024 CNN June thumb|159x159px|La Picota Prison Uncertain date – The programadora En Vivo (previously Nuevos Días TV) ceases operations.Monroy G. Martha Luz 15 June 2001 Murió en Vivo En Vivo died https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-489677 live https://web.archive.org/web/20220310164832/https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-489677 10 March 2022 19 August 2024 El Tiempo spanish 17 June – The 51st Vuelta a Colombia begins Ciudad de Popayán, Cauca.51st Vuelta a Colombia - 2.5 http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2001/jun01/colombia01.shtml live https://web.archive.org/web/20230405125615/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2001/jun01/colombia01.shtml 5 April 2023 19 August 2024 Cycling News 23 June – The FARC-EP attack and break into La Picota prison in Bogotá with dynamite and the goal of breaking out FARC prisoners after the government refused to participate in a prisoners exchange. More than 140 prisoners fled, five were killed, and at least 36 were recaptured.15 November 2001 Colombian Rebels Attack Prisons, 140 Prisoners Flee Prison Legal News https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2001/nov/15/colombian-rebels-attack-prisons-140-prisoners-flee/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20240525014230/https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2001/nov/15/colombian-rebels-attack-prisons-140-prisoners-flee/ 25 May 2024 19 August 2024 Prison Legal News July 11–29 July – The 2001 Copa América is held in Colombia. At the finals in Bogotá on the 29th, Colombia wins 1–0 against México and Honduras wins third place against Uruguay after a penalty round.Mexico - Colombia 0:1 (Copa América 2001 Colombia, Final) https://www.worldfootball.net/match-report/ma1896865/lineup/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20240804215026/https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-america-2001-in-kolumbien-endspiel-mexiko-kolumbien/ 4 August 2024 19 August 2024 World Football en 24 July – Bigamy ceases to be a criminal offense in Colombia.12 June 2001 Bigamy row in Colombia https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1384488.stm live https://web.archive.org/web/20231203035144/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1384488.stm 3 December 2023 19 August 2024 BBC News en-GBRada Esteban Bigamy in Colombia https://lawyerscolombia.com/bigamy-in-colombia/ 19 August 2024 RADA Lawyers Colombia en-US August 7 August – President Pastrana announces that he will be cutting off talks with the ELN in a speech to army personnel. September 10 September – The United Self Defense Forces of Colombia is put on the United States Department of State list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO).Foreign Terrorist Organizations https://www.state.gov/foreign-terrorist-organizations/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20240131003125/https://www.state.gov/foreign-terrorist-organizations/ 31 January 2024 19 August 2024 United States Department of State en 24 September – Consuelo Araújo and 20 others are kidnapped by the 59th front of the FARC-EP in Patillal, Valledupar, Cesar. 29 September 2021 Veinte años sin Consuelo Araújo Noguera, "La Cacica" Twenty years without Consuelo Araújo Noguera, “La Cacica” https://www.elespectador.com/colombia-20/paz-y-memoria/veinte-anos-sin-consuelo-araujo-noguera-la-cacica/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20230222231711/https://www.elespectador.com/colombia-20/paz-y-memoria/veinte-anos-sin-consuelo-araujo-noguera-la-cacica/ 22 February 2023 2024-08-19 El Espectador spanish 30 September – Consuelo Araújo is killed during combat between the FARC-EP kidnappers and the National Army in La Mina, Valledupar, Cesar. October 6 October – The Colombia national rugby union team plays Venezuela's in the first match of the 2001 South American Rugby Championship "B" in Caracas. Venezuela wins 55–0.South American Championship - 2001 http://www.irb.com/results/eventTypeID=29/year=2001/results.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121016042512/http://www.irb.com/results/eventTypeID=29/year=2001/results.html 16 October 2012 19 August 2024 International Rugby Board November 3 November – The Colombia national rugby union team plays Brazil's in their second match of the 2001 South American Rugby Championship "B" in Bogota. Brazil wins 44–12. 12 November – 2001 Miss Colombia is held in Cartagena de Indias, Miss Chocó, Vanessa Mendoza, wins. 13 November 2001 Con la Corona Llegó la Alegría With the Crown Came Joy https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-668868 live https://web.archive.org/web/20240819162547/https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-668868 19 August 2024 19 August 2024 El Tiempo spanish December thumb|150x150px|The Virgilio Barco Public Library in Bogotá 21 December – The Virgilio Barco Public Library in Bogotá opens.September 2024 24 December – The Colombian government and FARC agree to hold peace talks in January 2002.8 January 2002 Peace Timeline: 2001 https://adamisacson.com/files/old_cip_colombia/time01.htm live https://web.archive.org/web/20221202190726/https://adamisacson.com/files/old_cip_colombia/time01.htm 2 December 2022 20 August 2024 The Center for International Policy's Latin America Security Program Births 8 January – Juan Cabal, footballer.Juventus.com Juan David Cabal Defender Juventus Men's First Team https://www.juventus.com/en/teams/first-team-men/squad/juan-david-cabal 2024-09-27 Juventus.com en 25 January – Cristian Devenish, footballer. 1 February – Juan Patiño, footballer. 17 April – Yeison López Cuello, weightlifter. 30 July – Daniel Ruiz, footballer. 3 September – María Barrera Zapata, Paralympic swimmer. Deaths September 2024 1 January – Heriberto Urán, racing cyclist (b. 1954). 11 January – Álvaro Jordan, tennis play (b. 1962). 30 September – Consuelo Araújo, politician, writer, and journalist (b. 1940). References External links Colombiacollapsed2001 in collapsed Category:2001 in Colombia Category:2001 by country Category:2000s in Colombia Category:Years of the 21st century in Colombia Category:2001 in South America