2011 in Colombia

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Events in the year 2011 in Colombia .

Incumbents

• President: Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (2010-2018)
• Vice President: Angelino Garzón (2010–2014)

Events

Ongoing

• Colombian conflict

January

• 9 January – The Reinado Internacional del Café 2011 is held in Manizales.

April

• 23 April – 2011 Colombia floods: A state of emergency is declared. ^[1]

May

• 30 May – The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) reportedly killed two mayoral candidates in the municipality of Campamento in the Antioquia department. ^[2]

October

• President Santos dissolves National Intelligence Service. ^[3]
• 12 October – The 2011 Colombian student protests begin.
• 30 October – The 2011 Colombian regional and municipal elections are held.

November

• 4 November – Top FARC leader Guillermo León Sáenz aka Alfonso Cano is killed by the Colombian army. ^[4]
• 14 November – Miss Colombia 2011 is held.
• 26 November – The FARC reportedly kill four members of the Colombian Security Forces that were held captive for more than a decade. ^[5]

Deaths

Alfonso Cano

Hector Rueda

Gloria Valencia

David Sanchez

January

• 31 January – Hernán Alvarado Solano, 65, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Guapi (b.1946). ^[6]

February

• 9 February:
  • Olga de Angulo, 55, Colombian Olympic swimmer (b.1955). ^[7]
  • David Sánchez Juliao, 65, Colombian author (b. 1945). ^[8]

March

• 24 March – Gloria Valencia de Castaño, 83, Colombian television host, respiratory failure (b. 1927). ^[9]
• 28 March – Sonia Osorio, 83, Colombian ballet dancer and choreographer, respiratory failure (b.1928). ^[10]

May

• 5 May – Salomón Hakim, 88, Colombian neurosurgeon, researcher, and inventor (b. 1922). ^[11]

June

• 14 June – Augusto Ramírez Ocampo, 77, Colombian politician, Mayor of Bogotá (1982–1984), Foreign Minister (1984–1986), heart ailment (b. 1934). ^[12]

July

• 26 July – Joe Arroyo, 55, Colombian singer (b. 1955). ^[13]

September

• 2 September – Alberto Zalamea Costa, 82, Colombian journalist and politician, Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire, Venezuela and Italy (b. 1929). ^[14]

October

• 5 October – Níver Arboleda, 43, Colombian footballer, heart attack (b. 1967). ^[15]
• 7 October – Julio Mario Santo Domingo, 88, Colombian businessman (b. 1923). ^[16]
• 19 October – Édison Chará, 31, Colombian footballer, shot (b. 1980). ^[17]
• 30 October – Boris de Greiff, 81, Colombian chess master (b. 1930). ^[18]

November

• 1 November – Héctor Rueda Hernández, 90, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Medellín (b. 1920). ^[19]
• 4 November – Guillermo León Sáenz, 63, revolutionary (b. 1948). ^[20]
• 20 November – Fabio Betancur Tirado, 73, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Manizales (b. 1938). ^[21]
• 23 November – Luis Fernando Jaramillo Correa, 76, Colombian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1935). ^[22]
• 25 November – Libio José Martínez  [ es ], military officer (b. 1976). ^[23]

December

• 1 December – Wilson Choperena, 87, composer of the lyrics to "La Pollera Colorá" (b. 1923). ^[24]

References

1. "Colombia floods prompt emergency declaration". BBC News. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
2. Human Rights Watch (2012-01-22), "World Report 2012: Colombia", English, retrieved 2024-01-01
3. "Colombian president dissolves intelligence service". The Guardian. Associated Press. 2011-11-01. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-01-01.
4. Human Rights Watch (2012-01-22), "World Report 2012: Colombia", English, retrieved 2024-01-01
5. Human Rights Watch (2012-01-22), "World Report 2012: Colombia", English, retrieved 2024-01-01
6. "Bishop Hernán Alvarado Solano [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
7. "Sr/Olympic Sports". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
8. "La Opinion". Archived from the original on 2011-02-13.
9. "Gloria Valencia de Castaño, eterna dama de la televisión". El Espectador (in Spanish). 2011-03-25. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
10. "Murió Sonia Osorio, el alma de la danza colombiana". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 2011-03-28. Archived from the original on 2012-10-01.
11. Kathryn Thompson (2011-05-05). "Colombian brain surgeon passes away age 81". Colombia Reports . Archived from the original on 2011-05-06.
12. Tom Heyden (2011-06-15). "Former Colombian foreign affairs minister dies of heart problems". Colombia Reports . Archived from the original on 2012-03-25.
13. Adriaan Alsema (2011-07-16). "Colombian music legend Joe Arroyo dies at 55". Colombia Reports . Archived from the original on 2011-10-07.
14. James Bargent (2011-09-02). "Journalist and writer Alberto Zalamea dies". Colombia Reports . Archived from the original on 2012-07-30.
15. "Falleció Níver Arboleda, exjugador de Nacional y Cali". El Colombiano (in Spanish). 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
16. Romero, Simon (2011-10-10). "Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Colombian Billionaire, Dies at 87". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-01-01.
17. "Fox News Latino". Fox News . Archived from the original on 2011-10-20.
18. "Adiós a Boris de Greiff". El País (in Spanish). 2011-11-02. ISSN   1134-6582 . Retrieved 2024-01-01.
19. "Archbishop Héctor Rueda Hernández [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
20. Pettersson, Olle Ohlsen (2012-07-31). "Deaths in Colombian armed conflict increased in 2011: US". Colombia Reports . Retrieved 2024-01-01.
21. "catholic-hierarchy.org".
22. "Falleció el ex canciller Luis Fernando Jaramillo Correa", El Tiempo (in Spanish), 2011-11-23, retrieved 2025-03-28
23. "Colombia's FARC Rebels Execute 4 Captives", Voice of America , 2011-11-25, retrieved 2025-03-28
24. Farándula Editorial Staff (2011-12-08), "En medio de la pobreza murió Wilson Choperena" [Wilson Choperena died in poverty], El Universal (in Spanish), retrieved 2025-03-28

External links

• Media related to 2011 in Colombia at Wikimedia Commons