2010 in Colombia

none November 2014 2010 The following lists events that happened during 2010 in Colombia. Incumbents President: Álvaro Uribe Vélez (until August 7), Juan Manuel Santos (starting August 7) Vice President: Francisco Santos Calderón (until August 7), Angelino Garzón (starting August 7) Events January January 1 - At least 18 FARC rebels are killed while celebrating the New Year in an air raid by the Colombian Air Force in the south of the country. January 3 - The volcano Galeras erupts, forcing the evacuation of 8,000 people. January 5 - David Murcia Guzman is extradited to the United States to face charges of conspiracy and money laundering in the case of marketing company D.M.G. Group.Mulvey Erin 5 January 2010 Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Extradition of Leader of International Money Laundering Organization http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/states/newsrel/2010/nyc010510.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100119080810/http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/states/newsrel/2010/nyc010510.html 19 January 2010 30 July 2024 U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency January 9 - Reinado Internacional del Café 2010 is held in Manizales. January 28 - Colombia makes a formal diplomatic protest to Venezuela over the latter's alleged violation of Colombian airspace by a military helicopter. January 29 - The American newspaper El Nuevo Herald reports on the discovery of a mass grave behind a local cemetery in the town of La Macarena, Meta. The grave is reported to contain close to 2,000 unidentified bodies, killed and buried there by the Colombian military as guerillas over the span of 5 years according to locals and officials.Guillén Gonzalo 29 January 2010 Hallan fosa común con cerca de 2,000 cadáveres en el oriente de Colombia Mass grave with nearly 2,000 bodies found in eastern Colombia https://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/america-latina/colombia-es/article2002617.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20240731220423/https://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/america-latina/colombia-es/article2002617.html 31 July 2024 31 July 2024 El Nuevo Herald es26 January 2010 Aparece en Colombia una fosa común con 2.000 cadáveres Mass grave with 2,000 bodies found in Colombia https://www.publico.es/internacional/aparece-colombia-fosa-comun-000.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20240229131719/https://www.publico.es/internacional/aparece-colombia-fosa-comun-000.html 29 February 2024 30 July 2024 Público esBo Teresa 7 August 2010 Mass grave threatens Uribe's legacy https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2010/8/7/mass-grave-threatens-uribes-legacy 30 July 2024 Al Jazeera February 24 February - The first athlete to represent Colombia at the Winter Olympics, Cynthia Denzler, competes in her first event: the women's giant slalom alpine skiing competition. 26 February - The Constitutional Court of Colombia rejects a referendum proposal which, if passed, would have allowed sitting president Alvaro Uribe to run for a third term in office in a 7-2 vote.26 February 2010 Cawthorne Andrew Cooney Peter UPDATE 3-Colombia's Uribe blocked from re-election http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/02/27/colombia-uribe-idUSN26220585420100227?type=usDollarRpt dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140226033234/http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/02/27/colombia-uribe-idUSN26220585420100227?type=usDollarRpt 26 February 2014 30 July 2024 Reuters March March 1–4 - Transit company owners go on strike in Bogotá, demanding inclusion in the planned Integrated Public Transport System (SITP).4 March 2010 Transit strike in Colombia ends - CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/03/04/colombia.transit.strike/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20160309124706/https://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/03/04/colombia.transit.strike/index.html 9 March 2016 1 August 2024 CNN en March 14 - Parliamentary elections are held for members of both chambers of Congress. March 15 - Jhonny Hurtado, a farmer and the President of the Human Rights Committee in La Catalina, is shot dead in La Catalina, Meta. March 19–30 - The IX South American Games is held in Medellín. April April 22 - Television personality and model Lina Marulanda dies after falling from her apartment's 6th story balcony in Bogota. Her death is ruled a suicide. May May 30 - The first round of voting in the 2010 Presidential Election takes place; no candidate receives a majority, triggering a second round.Colombian Presidency 2010 Round 1 https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2149/ 1 August 2024 International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) Election Guide June June 7 - Artist Omar Rayo dies on an ambulance ride to a hospital in Cali after a heart attack. June 20 - The second round of the 2010 Presidential election is held; Juan Manuel Santos wins with 69% of the vote. June 25 - A series of secret recordings emerge of conversations between former congressperson Germán Olano and construction company owner Miguel Nule Velilla, whose Nule Group had managed numerous public projects in Bogotá. The recordings detail multi-million dollar public commission negotiations. These recordings spark a scandal dubbed the 'Carrusel de la Contratación' (Eng. Hiring Carousel) and will lead to numerous investigations into Bogotan public officials and businessmen. July July 15 - Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva holds a meeting with press claiming that Venezuela is harboring high-ranking FARC and ELN leaders, this triggers the 2010 Colombia–Venezuela diplomatic crisis.15 July 2010 Colombia says it has proof that FARC leaders are in Venezuela http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/07/15/colombia.venezuela.farc/index.html 31 July 2024 CNN en August August 1 - The 60th Vuelta a Colombia, an annual road cycling race, begins. August 4 - Resolution 1501 declares Uramba Bahía Málaga National Natural Park in Valle de Cauca to be a protected area.6 August 2010 Bahía Málaga es, al fin, Parque Nacional Natural https://www.wwf.org.co/?194448/Baha-Mlaga-es-al-fin-Parque-Nacional-Natural 31 July 2024 World Wide Fund for Nature Colombia es August 7 - Juan Manuel Santos is inaugurated as the 32nd President of Colombia. August 12 - A car bomb explodes outside the headquarters of Caracol Radio in Bogotá; Nine people are injured and FARC is blamed for the attack.Carroll Rory 12 August 2010 Colombia capital hit by car bombing https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/aug/12/colombia-car-bomb-bogota 31 July 2024 The Guardian en-GB 0261-3077 August 16- AIRES Flight 8250 crashes on the Caribbean island of San Andrés, Colombia while trying to land at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport, killing 2 and injuring 107 of the 131 people on board. It was flying from Bogotá's El Dorado International Airport. September September 22 - FARC-EP Easter Bloc commander Victor Julio Suárez (a.k.a. Jojoy Monkey) is killed by Colombian authorities during 'Operación Sodoma' in La Macarena, Meta. October October 21 - The 1st Macondo Awards are held at the Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Theater in Bogotá. October 31 - Luis Andres Colmenares dies after attending a Halloween party at the Zona Rosa nightclub in Bogotá. His death will be the focus of multiple investigations, trials, and controversies in the following years. November November 15 - Miss Colombia 2010 is held in Cartagena. December December 15 - Sinú River in northwestern Colombia begins to flood as a result of heavy rains, it affects multiple localities within the Córdoba Department, including the city of Montería. December 24 - Pedro Oliveiro Guerrero Castillo, drug lord and leader of the right-wing ERPAC militia, dies in Mapiripán, Meta, after police operations to capture him led to a raid on his hideout.29 December 2010 Colombia kills paramilitary drug lord wanted in US https://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/notorious-drug-lord-killed-colombia dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120929094518/https://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/notorious-drug-lord-killed-colombia 29 September 2012 30 July 2024 Radio Netherlands Worldwide Deaths 26 January – Etelvina Maldonado, bullerengue singer and songwriter (b. 1932)https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/mam-3813391 No quiero morirme, quiero bailar: Etelvina Maldonado I don't want to die, I want to dance: Etelvina Maldonado es El Tiempo Juan Carlos Díaz 2010-01-28 2025-12-04 29 January – Jaime R. Echavarría, musician, Governor of Antioquia (b. 1923)https://www.elespectador.com/el-magazin-cultural/fallecio-el-compositor-jaime-r-echavarria-article-184888/ Falleció el compositor Jaime R. Echavarría Composer Jaime R. Echavarría has died es El Espectador 2010-01-29 2025-07-28 8 June – Armando Zabaleta, musician and songwriter (b. 1927)https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-7744706 Murió Armando Zabaleta, compositor de la canción 'No vuelvo [sic] a patillal' Armando Zabaleta, author of 'No vuelvo a patillal', has died es El Tiempo Leonardo Herrera 2010-06-08 2025-09-22 References External links Colombia 2010 in Colombia Colombia Category:2010s in Colombia Category:Years of the 21st century in Colombia Category:Long stubs with short prose