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References

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  2. ↑ "How President Alvaro Uribe changed Colombia". BBC News. 4 August 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  3. ↑ Publications, Europa (2002). South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2003. Taylor & Francis. p. 271. ISBN   978-1-85743-138-4.
  4. ↑ Kline, Harvey F. (2012). Historical Dictionary of Colombia. Scarecrow Press. p. 196. ISBN   978-0-8108-7813-6.
  5. ↑ "The 77th Academy Awards (2005) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Archived from the original on 1 June 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "10 years since massacre at San Jose de Apartadó". ABColombia. 26 February 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  7. ↑ "Accident Let L-410UVP-E HK-4146, Saturday 26 March 2005". Flight Safety.org. Aviation Safety Network, Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  8. ↑ Espenak, Fred. "Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 2005 Apr 08 - Google Maps and Solar Eclipse Paths". NASA Eclipse Web Site. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Archived from the original on 5 July 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "Ex-Colombia minister faces trial". BBC News . 22 December 2005. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "Colombia ex-justice minister to be charged in death of presidential candidate". JURIST. 22 December 2005. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "NUEVOS ASEGURADOS POR ATAQUE A BASE DE TETEYÉ". fiscalia.gov.co. 22 August 2005. Archived from the original on 16 September 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  12. ↑ Escenarios (in Spanish), Comité Organizador de los Juegos Deportivos Bolivarianos 2005, archived from the original on 19 February 2013, retrieved 22 August 2024
  13. ↑ "Athletics Podium". Athletics Podium. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  14. 1 2 Bolaño, Paul (26 August 2005). "Apoteosico Recibimiento a Kaleth Morales #Noticia". El Vallenato.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 April 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  15. 1 2 "Julio César Turbay" . The Telegraph. 14 September 2005. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  16. ↑ "SÓLO UN VOTO EN CONTRA DE LA MEDIDA: Aprobada en Colombia la reelección presidencial que permitirá a Álvaro Uribe volver a presentarse en 2006". El Mundo. 20 October 2005. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  17. ↑ "Valerie Domínguez Tarud, del Atlántico, es la nueva Señorita Colombia". El Colombiano (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 October 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  18. ↑ Gonzalez, John Jairo Avellaneda (28 August 2019). "Historia". Partido Alianza Verde (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  19. ↑ "Alternative Democratic Pole". Colombia Reports. 13 April 2015. Archived from the original on 13 October 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  20. 1 2 "Former congressman killed in Colombia". The Denver Post . 4 December 2005. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  21. ↑ "Linda Caicedo". www.tntsports.co.uk. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
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