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naval threat
The United States makes a naval deployment off the Colombian coast as a way of pressing the fight against drugs in Colombia -
PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA 1990
The presidential elections of Colombia of 1990 are carried out. The liberal candidate , Cesar Gaviria Trujillo is elect president of Colombia. -
Drugs dealers
Drug dealers Fabio, Juan David and Jorge Luis Ochoa Vázquez (The Ochoa brothers) and Pablo Escobar surrender themselves to the authorities -
a woman minister
Noemí Sanín is the new minister of foreign affairs. She is the first women to be designed as a minister in Colombia -
a big collection
Fernando Botero presents a collection of 31 sculptures in an outdoors exhibition in the Champs-Élysées in Paris -
sad day
Bomb explodes on 15th Avenue of Bogotá, near the intersection with 93rd Street (in front of Centro 93 mall). 10 people die, over 100 injured -
Pablo Escobar
july 20th of 1992 Pablo Escobar escapes from the Cathedral Prison.
december 2 of 1993 Pablo Escobar dies in combats with the police -
Gold medal
First Olympic gold medal in Colombian history, earned by María Isabel Urrutia in weightlifting -
USA president visit colombia
USA president Bill Clinton and his daughter Chelsea visit Cartagena de Indias -
Alvaro Uribe
Álvaro Uribe is elected president of Colombia
Four rounds of mortars are fired against the Presidential Palace in Bogotá during the inauguration ceremony of President Álvaro Uribe Vélez. 13 people, mostly homeless, die and 50 are wounded. FARC is blamed -
Raul Cuero
Biologist Raul Cuero wins NASA Technology Award for his research in removal of radionuclides such as uranium, using Martian simulated soil -
Hurricane in San Andres
The islands of San Andrés and Providencia are evacuated due to Hurricane Beta (2005). Hours later, a hurricane watch was issued -
Satellite Libertd I
The first Colombian satellite, Libertad I is launched in orbit from Baikonur cosmodrome -
The president of colombia 2010
The presidential elections of Colombia of 2010 are carried out, Juan Manuel Santos is elect president of Colombia, with Angelino Garzón as his vicepresident -
Peace process
Start the first meeting about the peace process in Oslo, between Colombian government and FARC -
Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga show her The Born This Way Ball in the stadium Nemesio Camacho El Campin of Bogotá. -
Laura Montoya
Pope Benedicto XVI gives the approbation to be the first St Colombian to Laura Montoya. -
No more war
Farc accept to say no more fighting as the best way to start the peace process -
Finish peace process
The Havana Peace Agreements between the Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Cartagena were signed after four years of negotiations -
Pope Francisco
Pope Francisco arrived in Colombia, being the third Supreme Pontiff to visit the country.
