• Source: 1999 in Colombia

      • 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

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      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

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      25 February – Ingrid Washinawatok and two colleagues are kidnapped in Arauca by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerillas.


      = March

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      = April

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      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.


      = May

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      = June

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      13-27 – 49th Vuelta a Colombia


      = July

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      28 July – Armed men murder 4 people in San José del Guaviare.


      = August

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      21 August – La Gabarra massacre


      = September

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      25 September – Jorge Velosa is kidnapped by Popular Liberation Army (EPL) guerillas.


      = October

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      = November

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      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".


      = December

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      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).
      29 December – Guillermo Valencia Salgado, writer and poet (b. 1927).


      References




      External links


      Media related to 1999 in Colombia at Wikimedia Commons

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