1990 in Colombia

none 1990 September 2024 Events of 1990 in Colombia. Incumbents President: Virgilio Barco Vargas (1986–7 August 1990). César Gaviria (7 August 1990–1994). Vice President: N/A.The Office of the Vice President was officially abolished by the 1905 National Constituent Assembly on 28 March 1905, and it was only reinstituted after the ratification of the new 1991 Constitution and filled in the following presidential elections in 1994. Events Ongoing Colombian conflict. Massacre of Trujillo. January 14 January – Fidel Castaño orders the Los Tangueros paramilitary group to commit the Pueblo Bello Massacre. They loot houses, round up peasants in the town square, select 43 men and boys to kidnap, and torture them. Of the 43 kidnapped, 6 are murdered, and the 37 others are 'disappeared'.Masacre de Pueblo Bello https://summa.cejil.org/es/entity/7u3xn48q41jor 2024-09-04 CEJILthumb|Picture of the wreckage of Avianca Flight 052 in Cove Neck, New York. 25 January – Avianca Flight 052: 73 people die after an Avianca plane flying from Medellín to New York City, United States crashes in Cove Neck, New York. February 15 February – U.S. president George H. W. Bush, president of Colombia Virgilio Barco, president of Peru Alan García, and president of Bolivia Jaime Paz Zamora attend a summit in Cartagena on combating drug trafficking.The President's News Conference Following the Drug Summit in Cartagena, Colombia https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-following-the-drug-summit-cartagena-colombia 7 September 2024 The American Presidency Project 26 February – Journalist Silvia Duzán is assassinated during the Third Cimitarra Massacre in Cimitarra, Santander alongside Josué Vargas, Miguel Ángel Barajas, and Saúl Castañeda. March 11 March – 1990 Colombian parliamentary election. 22 March – Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa is assassinated. April 26 April – Carlos Pizarro Leongómez is assassinated. May 13 May: Two car bombs explode in Bogotá, killing 19 people and injuring 143. 13 May 1990 Bombs Rip Colombia, Killing 25, Injuring 168 : Violence: Blasts occur amid crowds in Bogota and Cali. 'There's no doubt it was the drug mafia,' police say. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-13-mn-449-story.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20220126214201/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-13-mn-449-story.html 26 January 2022 7 September 2024 Los Angeles Times en-US A car bomb explodes in Cali, killing 6 and injuring 25. 27 May: 1990 Colombian presidential election May 1990 Colombian Constitutional Assembly referendum June 1 June – A formal complaint is filed by Americas Watch with Carla Hills, the US Trade Representative, questioning Colombia's eligibility for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences on the basis of labor rights violations and unionist persecution.Human Rights Watch World Report 1990 - Colombia https://www.refworld.org/reference/annualreport/hrw/1991/en/41153 2024-09-07 Refworld en 23 June – Porto bar massacre. July 13-15 July – 1990 South American Junior Championships in Athletics. 25 July – The first leg of the 1989 Copa Interamericana is held at Atanasio Girardot in Medellín. Colombia's Atlético Nacional beats México's UNAM 2 to 0. August 1 August – The second leg of the 1989 Copa Interamericana is held at Olímpico Universitario Stadium in Mexico City, México. Colombia's Atlético Nacional beats México's UNAM 4 to 1. September 19 September – Marina Montoya is kidnapped. 25 September – Los Cocos farm massacre: Armed men in military uniforms kill 26 people playing soccer at a ranch in Candelaria, Valle del Cauca.25 September 1990 Colombian massacre https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/09/25/Colombian-massacre/5011654235200/ 7 September 2024 United Press International (UPI) en October 12 October – Community leaders from the Aguablanca district of Cali Francisco Sapizábal, Luis Cuazquer, and Jorge Ocampo are “disappeared”. Their bodies are found, shot and tortured, in the Cauca river on the 16th.Colombia: Medical concern: Dr Walter Jaramillo Gonzalez https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr23/057/1990/en/ 2024-09-07 Amnesty International en November 11 November – Miss Colombia 1990 is held in Cartagena; Miss Atlántico Maribel Gutiérrez wins. December 9 December – 1990 Colombian Constitutional Assembly election. Births 1 April – Juan Bravo, footballer. 9 June – Andrés Arroyave, footballer (d. 2018). Deaths 25 January – Diana Turbay, journalist (b. 1950). 26 February – Silvia Duzán, journalist (b. 1960). 27 February – Alberto Dow, writer (b. 1923). 22 March – Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa, politician (b. 1956). 26 April – Carlos Pizarro Leongómez, politician (b. 1952). Notes n References External links Human Rights Watch World Report 1990: Colombia collapsed 1990 in collapsed Category:1990 in Colombia Category:1990 by country Category:1990s in Colombia Category:Years of the 20th century in Colombia Category:1990 in South America