2011 in Colombia
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Events in the year 2011 in Colombia.
Incumbents
- President: Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (2010-2018)
- Vice President: Angelino Garzón (2010–2014)
Events
Ongoing
January
- 9 January – The Reinado Internacional del Café 2011 is held in Manizales.
April
- 23 April – 2011 Colombia floods: A state of emergency is declared.[1]
May
- 30 May – The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) reportedly killed two mayoral candidates in the municipality of Campamento in the Antioquia department.[2]
October
- President Santos dissolves National Intelligence Service.[3]
- 12 October – The 2011 Colombian student protests begin.
- 30 October – The 2011 Colombian regional and municipal elections are held.
November
- 4 November – Top FARC leader Guillermo León Sáenz aka Alfonso Cano is killed by the Colombian army.[4]
- 14 November – Miss Colombia 2011 is held.
- 26 November – The FARC reportedly kill four members of the Colombian Security Forces that were held captive for more than a decade.[5]
Births
Deaths
January
- 31 January – Hernán Alvarado Solano, 65, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Guapi (b.1946).[6]
February
- 9 February:
- Olga de Angulo, 55, Colombian Olympic swimmer (b.1955).[7]
- David Sánchez Juliao, 65, Colombian author (b. 1945).[8]
March
- 24 March – Gloria Valencia de Castaño, 83, Colombian television host, respiratory failure (b. 1927).[9]
- 28 March – Sonia Osorio, 83, Colombian ballet dancer and choreographer, respiratory failure (b.1928).[10]
May
- 5 May – Salomón Hakim, 88, Colombian neurosurgeon, researcher, and inventor (b. 1922).[11]
June
- 14 June – Augusto Ramírez Ocampo, 77, Colombian politician, Mayor of Bogotá (1982–1984), Foreign Minister (1984–1986), heart ailment (b. 1934).[12]
July
- 26 July – Joe Arroyo, 55, Colombian singer (b. 1955).[13]
September
- 2 September – Alberto Zalamea Costa, 82, Colombian journalist and politician, Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire, Venezuela and Italy (b. 1929).[14]
October
- 5 October – Níver Arboleda, 43, Colombian footballer, heart attack (b. 1967).[15]
- 7 October – Julio Mario Santo Domingo, 88, Colombian businessman (b. 1923).[16]
- 19 October – Édison Chará, 31, Colombian footballer, shot (b. 1980).[17]
- 30 October – Boris de Greiff, 81, Colombian chess master (b. 1930).[18]
November
- 1 November – Héctor Rueda Hernández, 90, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Medellín (b. 1920).[19]
- 4 November – Guillermo León Sáenz, 63, revolutionary (b. 1948).[20]
- 20 November – Fabio Betancur Tirado, 73, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Manizales (b. 1938).[21]
- 23 November – Luis Fernando Jaramillo Correa, 76, Colombian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1935).[22]
- 25 November – Libio José Martínez, military officer (b. 1976).[23]
December
- 1 December – Wilson Choperena, 87, composer of the lyrics to "La Pollera Colorá" (b. 1923).[24]
References
- ^ "Colombia floods prompt emergency declaration". BBC News. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ Human Rights Watch (2012-01-22), "World Report 2012: Colombia", English, retrieved 2024-01-01
- ^ "Colombian president dissolves intelligence service". The Guardian. Associated Press. 2011-11-01. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
- ^ Human Rights Watch (2012-01-22), "World Report 2012: Colombia", English, retrieved 2024-01-01
- ^ Human Rights Watch (2012-01-22), "World Report 2012: Colombia", English, retrieved 2024-01-01
- ^ "Bishop Hernán Alvarado Solano [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "Sr/Olympic Sports". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ "La Opinion". Archived from the original on 2011-02-13.
- ^ "Gloria Valencia de Castaño, eterna dama de la televisión". El Espectador (in Spanish). 2011-03-25. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
- ^ "Murió Sonia Osorio, el alma de la danza colombiana". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 2011-03-28. Archived from the original on 2012-10-01.
- ^ Kathryn Thompson (2011-05-05). "Colombian brain surgeon passes away age 81". Colombia Reports. Archived from the original on 2011-05-06.
- ^ Tom Heyden (2011-06-15). "Former Colombian foreign affairs minister dies of heart problems". Colombia Reports. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25.
- ^ Adriaan Alsema (2011-07-16). "Colombian music legend Joe Arroyo dies at 55". Colombia Reports. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07.
- ^ James Bargent (2011-09-02). "Journalist and writer Alberto Zalamea dies". Colombia Reports. Archived from the original on 2012-07-30.
- ^ "Falleció Níver Arboleda, exjugador de Nacional y Cali". El Colombiano (in Spanish). 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
- ^ Romero, Simon (2011-10-10). "Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Colombian Billionaire, Dies at 87". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
- ^ "Fox News Latino". Fox News. Archived from the original on 2011-10-20.
- ^ "Adiós a Boris de Greiff". El País (in Spanish). 2011-11-02. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
- ^ "Archbishop Héctor Rueda Hernández [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
- ^ Pettersson, Olle Ohlsen (2012-07-31). "Deaths in Colombian armed conflict increased in 2011: US". Colombia Reports. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
- ^ "catholic-hierarchy.org".
- ^ "Falleció el ex canciller Luis Fernando Jaramillo Correa", El Tiempo (in Spanish), 2011-11-23, retrieved 2025-03-28
- ^ "Colombia's FARC Rebels Execute 4 Captives", Voice of America, 2011-11-25, retrieved 2025-03-28
- ^ Farándula Editorial Staff (2011-12-08), "En medio de la pobreza murió Wilson Choperena" [Wilson Choperena died in poverty], El Universal (in Spanish), retrieved 2025-03-28
External links
- Media related to 2011 in Colombia at Wikimedia Commons