2003 in Colombia

none November 2024 November 2024 2003Events from the year 2003 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 January 15 January – President Uribe requests military assistance from the United States similar to that of the Iraq War.21 January 2003 Uribe pide a E.U un despliegue militar en Colombia "similar" al de Irak. Uribe asks U.S. for military deployment "similar" to Iraq http://www.ania.urcm.net/noticia.php3?id=4258&idcat=13&idamb=3 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070928002643/http://www.ania.urcm.net/noticia.php3?id=4258&idcat=13&idamb=3 28 September 2007 20 August 2024 Agencia de Noticias e Información Alternaiva(ANIA), URCM es February 6 February – Social Protection Minister Juan Luis Londoño and four others die in a small plane crash near Tolima. 7 February – 2003 El Nogal Club bombing: A car bomb on the third floor of El Nogal Club in Bogotá filled with 200 kg of explosives is detonated, killing 36 and injuring more than 200.8 February 2003 At least 32 killed in Colombia club blast http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/americas/02/08/colombia.explosion/index.html 20 August 2024 CNN 13 February – United Nations Security Council Resolution 1465 is unanimously adopted, condemning the El Nogal Club bombing.13 February 2003 Security Council condemns 7 February bomb attack in Bogotá, says act of terrorism threatens peace, security https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/sc7663.doc.htm 20 August 2024 United Nations 14 February: 2003 Neiva bombing: A car bomb explodes near the Benito Salas Airport, killing 16 and injuring dozens more.25 March 2015 Explosion in Southern Colombia Kills 16 https://www.foxnews.com/story/explosion-in-southern-colombia-kills-16 2018-07-14 Fox News Two CIA operatives are captured by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).McDermott Jeremy 2003-02-15 CIA agents killed or captured in Colombia https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/colombia/1422180/CIA-agents-killed-or-captured-in-Colombia.html 2018-07-14 Telegraph March 5 March – Seven people are killed in Cúcuta when a car bomb explodes.5 March 2003 CNN.com - At least 6 die in Colombia blast http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/americas/03/05/colombia.bomb/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20220428013912/http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/americas/03/05/colombia.bomb/ 28 April 2022 20 August 2024 CNN 18 March – The football club Bogotá F.C. is founded.BOGOTÁ FC 28 June 2024 https://dimayor.com.co/index.php/team/bogota-fc/ 20 August 2024 Dimayor April 6 April – Radio journalist José Emeterio Rivas is murdered in Barrancabermeja after publicly accusing the local politicians of corruption, his body is found alongside that of Paolo César Montesinos, a student.Cardona Libardo Stiff sentence in Colombian journalist's murder 22 January 2009 http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-lt-colombia-journalist-slaying-012209-2009jan22-story.html 20 August 2024 Associated Press 10 April – Mayor of El Roble Eudaldo Diaz's body is found beaten, tortured, and executed two months after he pleaded with President Uribe during a televised community meeting to save him from assassination. This came after he had accused Uribe's ally Salvador Arana and other politicians of paramilitary connections and corruption.Ayala Osorio Germán 18 March 2023 ¿A Eudaldo Díaz lo asesinaron los paramilitares o un 'sarraceno' del siglo XXI? Was Eudaldo Díaz murdered by paramilitaries or by a 21st century 'Saracen'? https://www.laorejaroja.com/a-eudaldo-diaz-lo-asesinaron-los-paramilitares-o-un-sarraceno-del-siglo-xxi/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20230521160144/https://www.laorejaroja.com/a-eudaldo-diaz-lo-asesinaron-los-paramilitares-o-un-sarraceno-del-siglo-xxi/ 21 May 2023 21 August 2024 La Orejaroja esKraul Chris 6 February 2009 Deaths cloud Colombian ex-governor's trial https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-feb-06-fg-colombia-trial6-story.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20240821205922/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-feb-06-fg-colombia-trial6-story.html 21 August 2024 21 August 2024 Los Angeles Times en-US 30 April – President Álvaro Uribe meets with U.S. President George W. Bush and press in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C.Remarks by President Bush and President Uribe of Colombia in Photo Opportunity https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2003/04/20030430-25.html 2024-08-20 georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov May 5 May – Guillermo Gaviria Correa, Governor of Antioquia, Gilberto Echeverri Mejía, Minister of Defense, and eight soldiers who were kidnapped by the FARC's 34th Front are killed during a failed Army rescue operation in Urrao. June 27 June – The 14th Andean Presidential Council is held in Rionegro, Carmen de Viboral, Antioquia at Recinto de Quirama. The presidents of Bolivia (Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada), Colombia (Álvaro Uribe), Ecuador (Lucio Gutiérrez), and Venezuela (Hugo Chávez) as well as the vice president of Perú (Raúl Diez Canseco) attend.XIV Consejo Presidencial Andino / Declaración de Quirama http://www.sice.oas.org/Trade/Junac/XIVdec_s.asp live https://web.archive.org/web/20230426232746/http://www.sice.oas.org/Trade/Junac/XIVdec_s.asp 26 April 2023 20 August 2024 Sistema de Información sobre Comercio Exterior, OAS July 8 July – Opération 14 juillet 15 July – The United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) agrees to disband.Dwan Renata SIPRI Yearbook 2004: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security Gustavsson Micaela Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 2004 978-0-19-926570-1 95–131 en Major armed conflicts October 12, 2023 https://www.sipri.org/yearbook/2003/02 https://web.archive.org/web/20230328204444/https://www.sipri.org/yearbook/2003/02 March 28, 2023 live 18 July – Manuel Octavio Bermúdez is arrested after the murder of Luis Carlos Gálvez.Rodríguez-Torres María Natalia 2019 Manuel Octavio Bermúdez "el monstruo de los cañaduzales" https://repository.ucatolica.edu.co/entities/publication/b75eaee5-8d6e-4b88-b320-5e5068a73eef 20 August 2024 Universidad Católica de Colombia. Facultad de Derecho Bogotá, Colombia hdl.handle.net/10983/23196 August 30 August – The FARC releases a second proof of life to the family of kidnapped French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt. September 15 September – The National Liberation Army (ELN) kidnaps eight tourists from Ciudad Perdida.Ciudad Perpida Kidnappings and Modern History http://laciudadperdida.com/about-ciudad-perdida/kidnappings-and-modern-times/#.V3cM9qLePIU dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121130093008/http://laciudadperdida.com/about-ciudad-perdida/kidnappings-and-modern-times/#.V3cM9qLePIU 30 November 2012 20 August 2024 La Ciudad Perpida October 25 October – 2003 Colombian constitutional referendum 26 October – The 2003 Fusagasugá City Council elections takes place, electing 17 council seats. November 12 November – Miss Colombia 2003 takes place in Cartagena de Indias. 15 November – 2003 Zona Rosa attacks: Grenades are thrown into two bars in the Zona Rosa neighborhood in Bogotá, killing one and injuring 73.Dongen Rachel Van 17 November 2003 Grenades Hit Two Bars in Bogota https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-nov-17-fg-colombia17-story.html 20 August 2024 Los Angeles Times December 28 December – A judicial assistant for the Prosecutor's Office in Chiquinquirá, Dora Inés Rodríguez, is murdered in her sleep. 30 December 2003 ASESINADA ASISTENTE JUDICIAL: https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-1045835 registration live https://web.archive.org/web/20250513000815/https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-1045835 13 May 2025 13 May 2025 El Tiempo (Colombia) spanish 30 December – A 50 kg car bomb is neutralized in the Puerto Jordán district of Tame, Arauca by the 18th Brigade of the Military Forced of Colombia.Tiempo Redacción El 2003-12-30 DESACTIVAN CARRO BOMBA: https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-1046275 registration live https://web.archive.org/web/20250513003429/https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-1046275 13 May 2025 2025-05-13 El Tiempo spanish Uncertain The Democratic Colombia Party is founded. Deaths 3 February – Fulgencio Berdugo, football player (b. 1918). 6 April – José Emeterio Rivas, radio journalist (b.1957/8). 25 April – Jaime Silva Gómez, football player (b. 1935). 18 June – Rafael Mejía Romani, musician and songwriter (b. 1920).https://caracol.com.co/radio/2003/06/19/nacional/1055973600_036428.html Falleció el compositor Rafael Mejía Romani Songwriter Rafael Mejía Romani has died es Caracol Radio 2003-06-19 2025-05-19 17 July – Francisco Rada, accordionist and songwriter (b. 1907).https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-971660 Murió el Tigre de la Montaña The Tiger of the Mountain has died es El Tiempo Leonardo Herera Delghams 2003-07-18 2025-05-22 30 July – Carlos Lemos Simmonds, politician, former vice president (1996–1998) (b. 1933). 27 September – Colacho Mendoza, vallenato accordionist (b. 1936).https://www.radionacional.co/musica/artistas-colombianos/ya-son-20-anos-sin-colacho-mendoza-recorrido-por-su-vida-y-obra 20 años sin Colacho Mendoza y su influencia en la música vallenata 20 years without Colacho Mendoza and his influence on vallenato music es Radio Nacional de Colombia 2023-09-25 2025-10-23 21 October – Juan Harvey Caicedo, actor and radio personality (b.1937). 12 November – Jesús Manuel Estrada es, vallenato singer (b. 1963). 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