1999 in Colombia
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The following events occurred during 1999 in Colombia.
Incumbents
- President: Andrés Pastrana Arango (1998 – 2002).
- Vice President: Gustavo Adolfo Bell Lemus (1998 – 2002).
Events
January
- 7 January – The 1999–2002 FARC–Government peace process begins.
- 25 January – The 6.2 Mw Armenia, Colombia earthquake kills at least 1,900.
February
- 25 February – Ingrid Washinawatok and two colleagues are kidnapped in Arauca by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerillas.[1]
March
April
- 12 April – Representative Juan Manuel Corzo and 39 other passengers on a plane heading from Bucaramanga to Cúcuta are kidnapped by National Liberation Army (ELN) guerillas.[2]
May
June
- 13-27 – 49th Vuelta a Colombia
July
- 28 July – Armed men murder 4 people in San José del Guaviare.[3]
August
- 21 August – La Gabarra massacre
September
- 25 September – Jorge Velosa is kidnapped by Popular Liberation Army (EPL) guerillas.[4]
October
November
- November 12 – At the beauty pageant for Miss Colombia 1999, presenter Carolina Cruz wins the title of national vice-queen, and 22-year-old Shakira performs her song, "Moscas en la Casa".[5][6]
December
Births
- 9 March – Carlos Cuesta, football defender
- 22 April – Cucho Hernández, football forward
- 17 June – Luis Sinisterra, football left winger
- 27 September – Anderson Arroyo, football defender
- 26 October – Luis Patiño, baseball pitcher
- 19 December – Ilenia Antonini, actor and musician
Deaths
- 10 February – Nirma Zárate, artist and professor (b. 1936).
- 25 February (c.) – Ingrid Washinawatok, Native American activist (b. 1957).
- 3 May – Hernán Henao Delgado, anthropologist (b. 1945).
- 5 September – Hernando Marín, vallenato songwriter (b.1944)[7]
- 29 December – Guillermo Valencia Salgado, writer and poet (b. 1927).
References
- ^ "Colombia Rebels Say Own Fighters Killed 3". The New York Times. 11 March 1999. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "Optimismo y hermetismo en diálogo con ELN" [Optimism and hermetism in talks with ELN]. BBC Mundo. 25 July 2000. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "Masacre de San José del Guaviare 1999 - Rutas del Conflicto". rutasdelconflicto.com (in Spanish). 2 October 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "JÚBILO EN RÁQUIRA POR LIBERACIÓN DE VELOSA". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 15 October 1999. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "¡Despampanante! Así lucía Shakira en el Concurso Nacional de Belleza de 1999". Noticias RCN (in Spanish). 6 January 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ del Castillo, Pilar (14 January 2023). "Shakira: Así de radiante lucía la cantante en el certamen de belleza de Señorita Colombia 1999". La Opinión. Los Angeles, California. ProQuest 2765386565. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Murió Compositor Vallenato" [Vallenato Composer Has Died], El Tiempo (in Spanish), 6 September 1999, retrieved 20 June 2025
External links
- Media related to 1999 in Colombia at Wikimedia Commons