2003 in Colombia

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2003
in
Colombia

Decades:
See also:

Events from the year 2003 in Colombia.

Incumbents

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Events

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January

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  • 15 January – President Uribe requests military assistance from the United States similar to that of the Iraq War.[5]

February

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March

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  • 5 March – Seven people are killed in Cucuta when a car bomb explodes.[10]
  • 18 March – The football club Bogotá F.C. is founded.[11]

April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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  • 30 August – The FARC releases a second proof of life to the family of kidnapped French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt.

September

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October

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November-December

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Uncertain

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Births

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Deaths

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  • 3 February – Fulgencio Berdugo, football player (b. 1918).
  • 6 April – José Emeterio Rivas, radio journalist (b.1957/8).[12]
  • 25 April – Jaime Silva Gómez, football player (b. 1935).
  • 30 July – Carlos Lemos Simmonds, politician, former vice president (1996–1998) (b. 1933).
  • 21 October – Juan Harvey Caicedo, actor and radio personality (b.1937).
  • 12 November – Jesús Manuel Estrada, Vallenato singer (b. 1963).
  • 15 November – Alejandro Durán, accordion player, composer, and Vallenato singer (b. 1919).

References

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  1. ^ East, Roger; Thomas, Richard J. (3 June 2014). Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders. Routledge. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-317-63940-4.
  2. ^ "How President Alvaro Uribe changed Colombia". BBC News. 4 August 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  3. ^ Publications, Europa (2002). South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2003. Taylor & Francis. p. 271. ISBN 978-1-85743-138-4.
  4. ^ Kline, Harvey F. (2012). Historical Dictionary of Colombia. Scarecrow Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-8108-7813-6.
  5. ^ "Uribe pide a E.U un despliegue militar en Colombia "similar" al de Irak" [Uribe asks U.S. for military deployment "similar" to Iraq]. Agencia de Noticias e Información Alternaiva(ANIA), URCM (in Spanish). 21 January 2003. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  6. ^ "At least 32 killed in Colombia club blast". CNN. 8 February 2003. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Security Council condemns 7 February bomb attack in Bogotá, says act of terrorism threatens peace, security". United Nations. 13 February 2003. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Explosion in Southern Colombia Kills 16". Fox News. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  9. ^ McDermott, Jeremy (15 February 2003). "CIA agents killed or captured in Colombia". Telegraph. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  10. ^ "CNN.com - At least 6 die in Colombia blast". CNN. 5 March 2003. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  11. ^ "BOGOTÁ FC". Dimayor. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  12. ^ a b Cardona, Libardo (22 January 2009). "Stiff sentence in Colombian journalist's murder". 20 August 2024. Associated Press.
  13. ^ Ayala Osorio, Germán (18 March 2023). "¿A Eudaldo Díaz lo asesinaron los paramilitares o un 'sarraceno' del siglo XXI?" [Was Eudaldo Díaz murdered by paramilitaries or by a 21st century 'Saracen'?]. La Orejaroja (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 May 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  14. ^ Kraul, Chris (6 February 2009). "Deaths cloud Colombian ex-governor's trial". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 21 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Remarks by President Bush and President Uribe of Colombia in Photo Opportunity". georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  16. ^ "XIV Consejo Presidencial Andino / Declaración de Quirama". Sistema de Información sobre Comercio Exterior, OAS. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  17. ^ Dwan, Renata; Gustavsson, Micaela (2004). "Major armed conflicts". SIPRI Yearbook 2004: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. pp. 95–131. ISBN 978-0-19-926570-1. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  18. ^ Rodríguez-Torres, María Natalia (2019). "Manuel Octavio Bermúdez "el monstruo de los cañaduzales"". Bogotá, Colombia: Universidad Católica de Colombia. Facultad de Derecho. hdl:hdl.handle.net/10983/23196. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  19. ^ "Ciudad Perpida Kidnappings and Modern History". La Ciudad Perpida. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  20. ^ Dongen, Rachel Van (17 November 2003). "Grenades Hit Two Bars in Bogota". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
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