2013 in Colombia

none 2013 The following lists events that happened in 2013 in Colombia. Incumbents President: Juan Manuel Santos (2010-2018) Vice President: Angelino Garzón (2010-2014) Events January 1 January – 13 FARC members are killed in an airstrike by the Colombian military.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-20884906 Thirteen Colombian Farc rebels 'killed in air strike' 1 January 2013 BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20141108001523/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-20884906 8 November 2014 live 8 November 2014 19 January – A drug lord named Amaury Smith Pomare, who had long been wanted by the police, is arrested at his villa on the Atlantic coast of Honduras.http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2013/01/19/colombian-drug-kingpins-nabbed-in-honduras-and-panama/ Colombian drug kingpins nabbed in Honduras and Panama 19 January 2013 Fox News Latino https://web.archive.org/web/20141108002703/http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2013/01/19/colombian-drug-kingpins-nabbed-in-honduras-and-panama/ 8 November 2014 dead 8 November 2014 dmy-all 20 January – FARC rebels dynamite two southern oil pipelines and planted a bomb on the top coal exporter's northern railway after the end of a rebel ceasefire.https://www.reuters.com/article/colombia-rebels-energy-idUSL1N0AR6V620130122 Colombia says FARC rebels hit two oil pipelines, coal rail line 22 January 2013 Reuters https://web.archive.org/web/20130126015711/https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/22/colombia-rebels-energy-idUSL1N0AR6V620130122 26 January 2013 live 8 November 2014 22 January – FARC rebels dynamite two southern oil pipelines and planted a bomb on the top coal exporter's northern railway after the end of a rebel ceasefire.https://www.reuters.com/article/colombia-rebels-energy-idUSL1N0AR6V620130122 Colombia says FARC rebels hit two oil pipelines, coal rail line Reuters 22 January 2013 14 January 2015 February 9 February – A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes southwest Colombia, causing major disruption to the region and injuring at least 8 people.http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/09/16910221-strong-69-earthquake-strikes-colombia-minor-injuries-reported Strong 6.9 earthquake strikes Colombia; minor injuries reported Mach Andrew 9 February 2013 NBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20130212075549/http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/09/16910221-strong-69-earthquake-strikes-colombia-minor-injuries-reported 12 February 2013 live 8 November 2014 http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/otraszonas/sismo-en-colombia-nario_12586641-4 258 viviendas averiadas y ocho heridos deja sismo en todo el país 9 February 2013 El Tiempo (Colombia) es 258 homes damaged and eight wounded nationwide in earthquake https://web.archive.org/web/20140715005329/http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-12586641 15 July 2014 live 8 November 2014 25 February – Coffee growers of the country start a labour strike protesting the situations in which coffee growing is practiced.http://www.latarde.com/noticias/economica/109253-comite-de-cafeteros-rechaza-marchas Comité de Cafeteros rechaza marchas La Tarde 14 February 2013 es https://web.archive.org/web/20160306102054/http://www.latarde.com/noticias/economica/109253-comite-de-cafeteros-rechaza-marchas 6 March 2016 dead March 8 March – The strike of the coffee growers is over.http://wsp.presidencia.gov.co/Prensa/2013/Marzo/Paginas/20130308_01.aspx Movimiento cafetero ordena levantar paro Government of Colombia es April Nohra Padilla, a pioneer and executive director of the Association of Recyclers of Bogotá, was awarded the 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize for her contribution to waste management and recycling in Colombia.http://www.wiego.org/informal-economy/bogota-recycler-nohra-padilla-praised-world-stage Bogota Recycler Nohra Padilla Praised on World Stage wiego.org Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) 25 April 2019 5 September 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190905065157/http://www.wiego.org/informal-economy/bogota-recycler-nohra-padilla-praised-world-stage dead May 5 May – A ceremony commemorating the first sacred indigenous land to be designated under a new protected land status occurs, formally transferring Jaba Tañiwashkaka in La Guajira to the Kogi people.Butler Rhett A. 28 May 2013 Indigenous sacred sites now qualify as protected areas in Colombia https://news.mongabay.com/2013/05/indigenous-sacred-sites-now-qualify-as-protected-areas-in-colombia/#:~:text=If%20you%20liked%20this%20story,and%20backers%20of%20the%20project. 3 October 2024 Mongabay Environmental News en-US June 10 June – The Venezuelan government arrests nine Colombian right-wing paramilitaries over a plot to assassinate President Nicolás Maduro.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-22850494 Venezuela arrests Colombians over Maduro assassination plot BBC News 10 June 2013 14 January 2015 July 20 July – government soldiers are killed in an attack by FARC revolutionaries in the Colombian department of Arauca.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-23394408 Colombian soldiers die in clashes BBC News 21 June 2013 14 January 2015 22 July – The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela meet to resolve a high-level diplomatic dispute.http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-venezuela-colombia-idUKBRE96L10R20130722 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305161808/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-venezuela-colombia-idUKBRE96L10R20130722 dead March 5, 2016 Venezuelan, Colombian presidents put aside diplomatic dispute 23 July 2013 14 January 2015 August 19 August – An agrarian strike is planned for today in Colombia to demand labor rights.November 2020 October 12 October – A building collapses in Colombia, killing 1, with 10 still missing.https://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/13/world/americas/colombia-building-collapse/index.html Building collapse in Colombia kills 1; 10 still missing 14 October 2013 14 January 2015 November 9 November – A gunman kills eight people in a bar in Cali.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-colombia-shooting-bar-idUSBRE9A80CY20131109 Gunman kills eight in bar in Cali, Colombia Reuters 9 November 2013 14 January 2015 December 9 December – Gustavo Petro, mayor of Bogotá, is removed from office and banned from re-taking it for fifteen years, due to a failing city cleaning policy promoted by him.https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303330204579248373992786270 Bogota Mayor Ordered Removed From Office 9 December 2013 14 January 2015 14 December – A mass protest is held in Bogotá in protest against the unseating of Mayor Gustavo Petro.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-25372868 Thousands march for sacked Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro BBC News 14 December 2013 14 January 2015 Deaths 13 September – Graciela Salgado, drummer, singer, and songwriterhttps://www.radionacional.co/cultura/graciela-salgado-tan-toka-kitambre-andi-sielo-tocar-tambor-en-el-cielo Graciela Salgado: Tan toka kitambre andi sielo (A tocar tambor en el cielo) Graciela Salgado: Tan toka kitambre andi sielo (To play the drum in heaven) es Radio Nacional de Colombia 2013-09-17 2025-10-01 References External links Colombia 2013 in Colombia Colombia Category:Years of the 21st century in Colombia Category:2010s in Colombia