1997 in Colombia

none 1997 September 2024 Events of 1997 in Colombia. Incumbents President: Ernesto Samper Pizano (1994–1998).2024-07-30 Ernesto Samper Biography & Facts Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ernesto-Samper-Pizano 6 September 2024 Encyclopedia Britannica en Vice President: Carlos Lemos Simmonds (1996–1998).September 2024 Events January 20 January – Emberá leader Joaquín Domicó, Emberá is killed.September 2024 February 11 February – 800,000 workers, many in the public sector, participate in a walk out over President Ernesto Samper's economic policies of austerity and privatization.Colombian workers strike to fight austerity, increase wages, 1997 https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/colombian-workers-strike-fight-austerity-increase-wages-1997 live https://web.archive.org/web/20231204190219/https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/colombian-workers-strike-fight-austerity-increase-wages-1997 4 December 2023 5 September 2024 Global Nonviolent Action Database Swarthmore College March 16 March – Three car bombs, two in Cúcuta, Norte de Santander and one in Saravena, Arauca, are detonated by the National Liberation Army (ELN). The bomb in Cúcuta kills an 18-month-old and injures four others. The bomb in Saravena kills four and wounds five others.1997 Human Rights Report: Colombia https://1997-2001.state.gov/global/human_rights/1997_hrp_report/colombia.html 2024-09-06 1997-2001.state.gov April 21 April – The 47th Vuelta a Colombia begins in Bucaramanga, Santander.September 2024 May 14 May – Doris Adriana Niño dies after meeting with vallenato singer Diomedes Díaz. Her body is found on the side of the rode in Boyacá and it is determined she died of a cocaine overdose. Díaz later went on trial and was, controversially, deemed innocent of her death.Perez Laura Camila Vargas 24 September 2021 ¿Quién fue Doris Adriana Niño en la vida de Diomedes Díaz? Who was Doris Adriana Niño in the life of Diomedes Díaz? https://www.eltiempo.com/cultura/gente/diomedes-diaz-quien-fue-doris-adriana-nino-620642 subscription live https://web.archive.org/web/20220402014014/https://www.eltiempo.com/cultura/gente/diomedes-diaz-quien-fue-doris-adriana-nino-620642 2 April 2022 6 September 2024 El Tiempo es-CO 20 May – The 27th President of Colombia Virgilio Barco Vargas dies in Bogotá, after suffering from Cancer and Alzheimer's.September 2024 June June 14 – 60 soldiers kidnapped by the Southern Bloc of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia People's Army (FARC-EP) in the 1996 attack on Las Delicias military nine months earlier are released through the Colombian Red Cross and the Catholic Church Cartagena del Chairá, Caquetá.Condenan a jefes de las Farc por toma guerrillera FARC leaders sentenced for guerrilla takeover https://www.ejercito.mil.co/index.php?idcategoria=77040 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20170706105048/https://www.ejercito.mil.co/index.php?idcategoria=77040 6 July 2017 5 September 2024 Ejército Nacional de Colombia es-CO July 15–20 July – Mapiripán massacre: Around 30 to 49 people are killed with chainsaws and machetes by the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) in collaboration with units of the Colombian National Army.15 July 2024 Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz » Masacre de Mapiripán https://www.justiciaypazcolombia.com/masacre-de-mapiripan-meta/ 23 July 2024 www.justiciaypazcolombia.com Spanish August 7 August – The Ministry of Culture is established.September 2024 21 August – The 23rd President of Colombia Misael Pastrana dies at the age of 73 in Bogotá. He served as president from 1970 to 1974.Jean Schemo Diana 23 August 1997 Misael Pastrana Borrero, 74, President of Colombia in the 70's https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/23/world/misael-pastrana-borrero-74-president-of-colombia-in-the-70-s.html subscription live https://web.archive.org/web/20230507075021/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/23/world/misael-pastrana-borrero-74-president-of-colombia-in-the-70-s.html 7 May 2023 6 September 2024 The New York Times 10 September 10 September – The Colombia national football team defeats Venezuela's 1–0 at the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in Barranquilla. This solidifies their qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.September 2024 October 22 October – El Aro Massacre. 2 October 2019 Masacre de El Aro https://rutasdelconflicto.com/masacres/el-aro live https://web.archive.org/web/20240727005920/https://rutasdelconflicto.com/masacres/el-aro 27 July 2024 6 September 2024 Rutas del Conflicto es 26 October – 1997 Colombian referendum.September 2024 1997 regional and municipal elections.September 2024 November 5 November – Carlos Arturo Marulanda, Colombia's ambassador to the United Nations, resigns after questions arise around his relationship to right-wing paramilitaries.September 2024 11-12 November – San José del Guaviare massacre: Members of the Centauros Bloc of the AUC murder 11 people in San José del Guaviare.Masacre de San José del Guaviare 1997 https://rutasdelconflicto.com/masacres/san-jose-del-guaviare-1997 6 September 2024 Rutas del Conflicto es December 30 December – The Antonio Escobar Camargo bridge between Zambrano, Bolívar and Plato, Magdalena, the longest viaduct in the country, opens.September 2024 Uncertain The Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab, the third-largest mosque in Latin America, completes construction in Maicao, La Guajira.September 2024 Births 13 January – Luis Díaz, footballer.September 2024 28 January – Alvaro Meléndez, footballer.September 2024 2 December – Luis Suárez, footballer.September 2024 Deaths 20 January – Joaquín Domicó, Emberá leader.September 2024 20 March– Gerardo Bedoya, journalist.September 2024 17 April – Hena Rodríguez, painter, educator, and first female Colombian sculptor (b. 1915).September 2024 21 August – Misael Pastrana, lawyer and former Colombian president (b. 1923). References External links Human Rights Watch World Report 1998: Colombia U.S. Department of State: Colombia Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1997Colombia collapsed 1997 in collapsed Category:1997 in Colombia Category:1997 by country Category:1990s in Colombia Category:Years of the 20th century in Colombia Category:1997 in South America