2013 in Colombia

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See also:	Other events of 2013; Timeline of Colombian history;

The following lists events that happened in 2013 in Colombia.

Incumbents

President: Juan Manuel Santos (2010-2018)
Vice President: Angelino Garzón (2010-2014)

Events

January

1 January – 13 FARC members are killed in an airstrike by the Colombian military.^[1]
19 January – A drug lord named Amaury Smith Pomare, who had long been wanted by the police, is arrested at his villa on the Atlantic coast of Honduras.^[2]
20 January – FARC rebels dynamite two southern oil pipelines and planted a bomb on the top coal exporter's northern railway after the end of a rebel ceasefire.^[3]
22 January – FARC rebels dynamite two southern oil pipelines and planted a bomb on the top coal exporter's northern railway after the end of a rebel ceasefire.^[4]

February

9 February – A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes southwest Colombia, causing major disruption to the region and injuring at least 8 people.^[5]^[6]
25 February – Coffee growers of the country start a labour strike protesting the situations in which coffee growing is practiced.^[7]

March

8 March – The strike of the coffee growers is over.^[8]

April

Nohra Padilla, a pioneer and executive director of the Association of Recyclers of Bogotá, was awarded the 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize for her contribution to waste management and recycling in Colombia.^[9]

May

5 May – A ceremony commemorating the first sacred indigenous land to be designated under a new protected land status occurs, formally transferring Jaba Tañiwashkaka in La Guajira to the Kogi people.^[10]

June

10 June – The Venezuelan government arrests nine Colombian right-wing paramilitaries over a plot to assassinate President Nicolás Maduro.^[11]

July

20 July – government soldiers are killed in an attack by FARC revolutionaries in the Colombian department of Arauca.^[12]
22 July – The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela meet to resolve a high-level diplomatic dispute.^[13]

August

19 August – An agrarian strike is planned for today in Colombia to demand labor rights.^{[citation needed]}

September

October

12 October – A building collapses in Colombia, killing 1, with 10 still missing.^[14]

November

9 November – A gunman kills eight people in a bar in Cali.^[15]

December

9 December – Gustavo Petro, mayor of Bogotá, is removed from office and banned from re-taking it for fifteen years, due to a failing city cleaning policy promoted by him.^[16]
14 December – A mass protest is held in Bogotá in protest against the unseating of Mayor Gustavo Petro.^[17]

Births

Deaths

References

^ "Thirteen Colombian Farc rebels 'killed in air strike'". BBC News. 1 January 2013. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
^ "Colombian drug kingpins nabbed in Honduras and Panama". Fox News Latino. 19 January 2013. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
^ "Colombia says FARC rebels hit two oil pipelines, coal rail line". Reuters. 22 January 2013. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
^ "Colombia says FARC rebels hit two oil pipelines, coal rail line". Reuters. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
^ Mach, Andrew (9 February 2013). "Strong 6.9 earthquake strikes Colombia; minor injuries reported". NBC News. Archived from the original on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
^ "258 viviendas averiadas y ocho heridos deja sismo en todo el país" [258 homes damaged and eight wounded nationwide in earthquake]. El Tiempo (Colombia) (in Spanish). 9 February 2013. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
^ "Comité de Cafeteros rechaza marchas". La Tarde (in Spanish). 14 February 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.
^ "Movimiento cafetero ordena levantar paro" (in Spanish). Government of Colombia.
^ "Bogota Recycler Nohra Padilla Praised on World Stage". wiego.org. Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO). Retrieved 25 April 2019.
^ Butler, Rhett A. (28 May 2013). "Indigenous sacred sites now qualify as protected areas in Colombia". Mongabay Environmental News. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
^ "Venezuela arrests Colombians over Maduro assassination plot". BBC News. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
^ "Colombian soldiers die in clashes". BBC News. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
^ "Venezuelan, Colombian presidents put aside diplomatic dispute". 23 July 2013. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
^ "Building collapse in Colombia kills 1; 10 still missing". 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
^ "Gunman kills eight in bar in Cali, Colombia". Reuters. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
^ "Bogota Mayor Ordered Removed From Office". 9 December 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
^ "Thousands march for sacked Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro". BBC News. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2015.

External links

Media related to 2013 in Colombia at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Thirteen Colombian Farc rebels 'killed in air strike'". BBC News. 1 January 2013. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.

[2] "Colombian drug kingpins nabbed in Honduras and Panama". Fox News Latino. 19 January 2013. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.

[3] "Colombia says FARC rebels hit two oil pipelines, coal rail line". Reuters. 22 January 2013. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2014.

[4] "Colombia says FARC rebels hit two oil pipelines, coal rail line". Reuters. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2015.

[5] Mach, Andrew (9 February 2013). "Strong 6.9 earthquake strikes Colombia; minor injuries reported". NBC News. Archived from the original on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2014.

[6] "258 viviendas averiadas y ocho heridos deja sismo en todo el país" [258 homes damaged and eight wounded nationwide in earthquake]. El Tiempo (Colombia) (in Spanish). 9 February 2013. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.

[7] "Comité de Cafeteros rechaza marchas". La Tarde (in Spanish). 14 February 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.

[:2-8] "Movimiento cafetero ordena levantar paro" (in Spanish). Government of Colombia.

[wiego-9] "Bogota Recycler Nohra Padilla Praised on World Stage". wiego.org. Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO). Retrieved 25 April 2019.

[10] Butler, Rhett A. (28 May 2013). "Indigenous sacred sites now qualify as protected areas in Colombia". Mongabay Environmental News. Retrieved 3 October 2024.

[11] "Venezuela arrests Colombians over Maduro assassination plot". BBC News. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2015.

[12] "Colombian soldiers die in clashes". BBC News. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2015.

[13] "Venezuelan, Colombian presidents put aside diplomatic dispute". 23 July 2013. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2015.

[14] "Building collapse in Colombia kills 1; 10 still missing". 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2015.

[15] "Gunman kills eight in bar in Cali, Colombia". Reuters. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2015.

[16] "Bogota Mayor Ordered Removed From Office". 9 December 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2015.

[17] "Thousands march for sacked Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro". BBC News. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2015.

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