2005 in Colombia

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Events from the year 2005 in Colombia .

Incumbents

• President: Álvaro Uribe Vélez (2002 – 2010). ^{[1] [2]}
• Vice President: Francisco Santos Calderón (2002 – 2010). ^{[3] [4]}

Events

January

• 26 January – Catalina Sandino Moreno becomes the first Colombian to be nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars for her role in Maria Full of Grace as María Álvarez. ^[5]

February

• 21–22 February – San José de Apartadó massacre: Members of the Military of Colombia and United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) kill five adults and three children in the village of San José de Apartadó. ^[6]

March

• 25 March – West Caribbean Airways Flight 9955: A flight between the Providencia and San Andres Islands crashes after its left engine flames out. The two pilots and seven of the passengers are killed. ^[7]

April

• 8 April – Solar eclipse of April 8, 2005: An annular version of a total solar eclipse is visible in areas of Colombia. ^[8]

May

• 12 May – Ex-Justice Minister Alberto Santofimio Botero is arrested for the 1989 assassination of Luis Carlos Galán. ^{[9] [10]}
• 22 May – Jamundí massacre: The Colombian National Army's High Mountain Battalion kill 10 policemen of the Colombian National Police and a civilian in Jamundí, Valle del Cauca.^{[ citation needed ]}

June

• 25 June – The 48th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia- People's Army (FARC-EP) fight with National Army Military troops at Teteyé military base; 19 soldiers die, 11 are injured, and one is kidnapped. ^[11]

July

• 24 July – The 55th Vuelta a Colombia begins in Pitalito, Huila.^{[ citation needed ]}

August

• 12–21 August – The 15th Bolivarian Games is held in Armenia, Pereira, Cartagena, and Bogotá, ^[12] officially opened on the 12th by President Uribe. ^[13]
• 24 August – Vallenato singer Kaleth Morales is killed in a traffic accident at 21 years old. ^[14]

September

• 13 September – Ex-president Julio César Turbay Ayala dies. ^[15]

October

• 19 October –The Constitutional Court approves reform that would allow president Uribe to run for a second presidential term in 2006. ^[16]

November

• 14 November – Miss Colombia 2005 is held in Cartagena de Indias; Miss Atlántico Valerie Dominguez wins. ^[17]
• 25 November – The Green Alliance Party of Colombia is founded as the Center Option Party (Spanish : Partido Opción Centro). ^[18]

December

• The Independent Democratic Pole (PDI) and the Democratic Alternative (AD) merge to form the Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA). ^[19]
• 3 December – Ex-senator Jaime Lozada Perdomo  [ es ] is assassinated by the FARC-EP. ^[20]

Births

• 22 February – Linda Caicedo, professional soccer player. ^[21]

Deaths

• 18 July – Antonio María Peñaloza, musician, arranger, and songwriter (b. 1916) ^[22]
• 24 August – Kaleth Morales, vallenato singer (b. 1984). ^[14]
• 13 September – Julio César Turbay Ayala, president of Colombia from 1978 to 1982 (b. 1916). ^[15]
• 3 December – Jaime Lozada Perdomo  [ es ], former senator (b. 1949). ^[20]

References

1. East, Roger; Thomas, Richard J. (3 June 2014). Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders. Routledge. p. 108. ISBN   978-1-317-63940-4.
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. 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. "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.
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. "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.
22. Javier Franco Altamar (19 July 2005), "Murió compositor de himno del Carnaval de Barranquilla" [Composer of the anthem of the Carnival of Barranquilla has died], Radio Nacional de Colombia (in Spanish), retrieved 26 May 2025

External links

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