1998 in Colombia

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Last updated October 07, 2024

Incumbents

President:
- Ernesto Samper Pizano (1994–7 August 1998).
- Andrés Pastrana Arango (7 August 1998 – 2002).
Vice President:
- Carlos Lemos Simmonds (1997–7 August 1998).
- Gustavo Adolfo Bell Lemus (7 August 1998 – 2002).

Events

January

11–12 January – Hundreds of non-inmates, mostly visitors, are inside San Isidro prison in Popayan, Cauca during a prison protest over living conditions, including overcrowding. Many are relatives and loved ones of inmates voluntarily staying as a part of the protest, but others have been taken hostage. On the 11th, 18 of those taken hostage are released.^[1]

February

4 February – Amnesty International announces the closure of its Bogotá office after recent threats.
25 February – Víctor Carranza, known as the “emerald czar” is arrested.^[2]
27 February – The director of the Permanent Committee for the Defense of Human Rights of Antioquia (Spanish : Comité Permanente por la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos de Antioquia) Jesús María Valle Jaramillo is shot and killed in his office in Medellín.^[3]

March

8 March – The 1998 parliamentary election are held. The Liberal Party wins a majority in the Chamber, 84 of the 161 seats, and a plurality in the Senate, 48 of the 102 seats.

April

28 April – Men claiming to be members of the Peasant Self-Defense Group of Córdoba and Urabá (ACCU) kidnap 6 previously displaced men in Bello, Antioquia, killing at least 4 (the other 2 being 'disappeared').^[2]

May

16 May – Barrancabermeja massacre.^[4]
19 May – The Twentieth Brigade of the Colombian army is suspended, pending reorganization. This was after the government publicly connected them to the 1995 murder of Álvaro Gómez Hurtado.^[2]

31 May – The 1998 presidential election is held; Horacio Serpa of the Liberal Party wins the plurality (34.78%) over the Great Alliance for Change's Andrés Pastrana Arango, but, since no one candidate earns a majority, it goes to a second round.

June

21 June – The second round of the 1998 presidential election is held; Andrés Pastrana Arango of the Great Alliance for Change wins with a 50.34% majority over the Liberal Party's Horacio Serpa.
26 June – The Colombia national football team plays England during the group stage (G) of the 1998 FIFA World Cup in Lens, France. England beats Colombia 2 to 0, which knocks Colombia out of the running.^[5]

July

10 July – Caracol Televisión and RCN Televisión are both launched as television networks.

August

7 August – Andrés Pastrana Arango is inaugurated as the 30th president of Colombia.

September

15 September – Liberal Party congressman Jorge Humberto González Noreña is assassinated.^[6]

October

18 October – Machuca Massacre.

November

3–5 November – Siege of Mitú.

December

December – Air Force pilots drop cluster bombs on Santo Domingo, Norte de Santander, killing 17, including 5 children, and wounding 30.^[7]
8 December – Villanueva Massacre.
13 December – Santo Domingo massacre.^[8]^[9]

Births

January 17 – Anthony Zambrano, sprinter.^[10]

Deaths

14 February – Manuel Pérez, National Liberation Army (ELN) leader (b. 1943).
27 February – Jesús María Valle Jaramillo, human rights advocate.
15 September – Jorge Humberto González Noreña, politician and then congressmen.

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References

↑ "Hundreds held hostage in Colombia prison". CNN . Contributed to by Reuters. 12 January 1998. Archived from the original on 15 January 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
1 2 3 "HRW World Report 1999: Colombia: Human Rights Developments". Human Rights Watch (HRW). 1999. Archived from the original on 24 April 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
↑ "Colombia:Human rights defenders under increasing attack: Human rights defenders network update". Refworld. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
↑ "Masacre de Barrancabermeja, mayo de 1998 - Rutas del Conflicto". rutasdelconflicto.com (in Spanish). 2 October 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
↑ Gill, Stephen (2018-05-16). "Colombia's 1998 World Cup". Colombia News | Colombia Reports. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
↑ "Asesinado Presidente de Comisión VII de la Cámara" [Chairman of Committee VII of the House Assassinated]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 15 September 1998. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
↑ "1998 Bombing Cited as U.S. Decertifies Unit In Colombia" . The New York Times. From Reuters. 15 January 2003. Section A, Page 7. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
↑ "Masacre de Santo Domingo". Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz de Colombia (in Spanish). 13 December 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
↑ "Masacre de Santo Domingo, Arauca". Rutas del Conflicto (in Spanish). 2 October 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
↑ "Anthony José ZAMBRANO". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2024.

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Human Rights Watch World Report 1999: Colombia
U.S. Department of State: Colombia Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1998

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[1] "Hundreds held hostage in Colombia prison". CNN . Contributed to by Reuters. 12 January 1998. Archived from the original on 15 January 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[:0-2] 1 2 3 "HRW World Report 1999: Colombia: Human Rights Developments". Human Rights Watch (HRW). 1999. Archived from the original on 24 April 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.

[3] "Colombia:Human rights defenders under increasing attack: Human rights defenders network update". Refworld. Retrieved 2024-09-04.

[4] "Masacre de Barrancabermeja, mayo de 1998 - Rutas del Conflicto". rutasdelconflicto.com (in Spanish). 2 October 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2024.

[5] Gill, Stephen (2018-05-16). "Colombia's 1998 World Cup". Colombia News | Colombia Reports. Retrieved 2024-09-04.

[6] "Asesinado Presidente de Comisión VII de la Cámara" [Chairman of Committee VII of the House Assassinated]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 15 September 1998. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.

[7] "1998 Bombing Cited as U.S. Decertifies Unit In Colombia" . The New York Times. From Reuters. 15 January 2003. Section A, Page 7. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[8] "Masacre de Santo Domingo". Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz de Colombia (in Spanish). 13 December 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2024.

[rutasdelconflicto-9] "Masacre de Santo Domingo, Arauca". Rutas del Conflicto (in Spanish). 2 October 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2024.

[10] "Anthony José ZAMBRANO". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2024.

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