1999 in Colombia

← 1998 1997 1996 1999 in Colombia → 2000 2001 2002
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See also:	Other events of 1999 Timeline of Colombian history

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

• 7 January – The 1999–2002 FARC–Government peace process begins.
• 25 January – The 6.2 M_w  Armenia, Colombia earthquake kills at least 1,900.

February

• 25 February – Ingrid Washinawatok and two colleagues are kidnapped in Arauca by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerillas. ^[1]

April

• 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. ^[2]

June

• 13-27 – 49th Vuelta a Colombia

July

• 28 July – Armed men murder 4 people in San José del Guaviare. ^[3]

August

• 21 August – La Gabarra massacre

September

• 25 September – Jorge Velosa is kidnapped by Popular Liberation Army (EPL) guerillas. ^[4]

November

• 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". ^{[5] [6]}

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  [ es ], 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  [ es ], anthropologist (b. 1945).
• 5 September – Hernando Marín, vallenato songwriter (b.1944) ^[7]
• 29 December – Guillermo Valencia Salgado  [ es ], writer and poet (b. 1927).

References

1. "Colombia Rebels Say Own Fighters Killed 3". The New York Times. 11 March 1999. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
2. "Optimismo y hermetismo en diálogo con ELN" [Optimism and hermetism in talks with ELN]. BBC Mundo . 25 July 2000. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
3. "Masacre de San José del Guaviare 1999 - Rutas del Conflicto". rutasdelconflicto.com (in Spanish). 2 October 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
4. "JÚBILO EN RÁQUIRA POR LIBERACIÓN DE VELOSA". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 15 October 1999. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
5. "¡Despampanante! Así lucía Shakira en el Concurso Nacional de Belleza de 1999". Noticias RCN (in Spanish). 6 January 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
6. del Castillo, Pilar (14 January 2023). "Shakira: Así de radiante lucía la cantante en el certamen de belleza de Señorita Colombia 1999". La Opinión. Los Angeles, California. ProQuest   2765386565 . Retrieved 7 September 2024.
7. "Murió Compositor Vallenato" [Vallenato Composer Has Died], El Tiempo (in Spanish), 6 September 1999, retrieved 20 June 2025

External links

• Media related to 1999 in Colombia at Wikimedia Commons