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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. ↑ "Colombian star Becerra shot dead". BBC News . 10 January 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "Capturada mujer que asesinó a tres de sus compañeros sentimentales" [Woman who murdered three of her partners arrested]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 30 January 2013. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  7. 1 2 Villarreal, M. Angeles (21 September 2006). "U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement" (PDF). National Agricultural Law Center. Congressional Research Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "Asesinan a hermana de Gaviria" [Gaviria's sister murdered]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 28 April 2006. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  9. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Deportivo Pasto (2006)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "XX Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Cartagena de Indias 2006" (PDF). Editorial Deportiva Cain. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 November 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "A indagatoria el hombre que golpeó brutalmente a su esposa en Barranquilla" [The man who brutally beat his wife in Barranquilla is being questioned]. CARACOL (in Spanish). 5 August 2006. Archived from the original on 6 August 2006. Retrieved 3 December 2006.
  12. ↑ Conmoción en Barranquilla por golpiza a una mujer en el parqueadero del Country Club. El Tiempo. Retrieved 3 December 2006.[ dead link ]
  13. ↑ "Álvaro Uribe jura por segunda vez como presidente de Colombia" [Alvaro Uribe sworn in as president of Colombia for the second time]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 8 August 2006. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  14. ↑ "New conviction for Peru spy chief". BBC News . 22 September 2006. Archived from the original on 9 July 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  15. ↑ "Las 'Águilas negras', grupo conformado por desmovilizados de las autodefensas, ya azotan 5 regiones" [The 'Black Eagles', a group made up of demobilized members of the self-defense forces, are already ravaging 5 regions]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 31 October 2006. Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  16. ↑ "EILEEN ROCA TORRALVO, ES LA NUEVA SEÑORITA COLOMBIA". Intervallenato. Archived from the original on 18 May 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  17. ↑ "Rafael Dangond, esposo de Lizeth Ochoa, le pidió perdón públicamente a ella y a su familia". El Tiempo. 1 December 2006. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
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