2014 in Colombia

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The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Colombia .

Incumbents

• President: Juan Manuel Santos (2010 – 2018).
• Vice President:
  • Angelino Garzón (2010 – 7 August 2014).
  • Germán Vargas Lleras (7 August 2014 – 2017).

Events

March

• 9 March – President Juan Manuel Santos's coalition wins a reduced majority, while former President Alvaro Uribe is elected to the Senate. ^[1]

May

• 18 May – A bus in Fundación, department of Magdalena, ignites while transporting children from a religious service, killing 31 children. ^[2]
• 25 May – Voters in Colombia go to the polls for the first round in the presidential election. Opposition candidate Óscar Iván Zuluaga wins a plurality of votes and will face the incumbent Juan Manuel Santos in the second round. ^[3]

June

• 15 June – Voters in Colombia go to the polls for a presidential election, pitting incumbent Juan Manuel Santos against Óscar Iván Zuluaga. Santos is reelected with 51% of the vote. ^[4]

August

• 8 August – Juan Manuel Santos is sworn in for a second term as President of Colombia.^{[ citation needed ]}

November

• 30 November – FARC releases Colombian Army general Rubén Alzate and two other prisoners they recently captured. ^[5]

Deaths

• 18 September – Enrique Díaz, 69, accordionist and songwriter ^[6]
• 13 December – Crescencio Camacho, 96, singer and songwriter ^[7]

References

1. "Colombia election shrinks government majority in Congress". Reuters . 9 March 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
2. "31 Children Die in Colombian Bus Inferno". 19 May 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
3. "Colombia's Santos hurt in election first round, faces tough battle". Reuters . 26 May 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
4. "Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Wins Second Term". 15 June 2014. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
5. "Colombian rebels free captured general". Fox News . 30 November 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
6. "Murió el juglar vallenato Enrique Díaz Tovar" [Enrique Díaz Tovar, the vallenato juglar, has died], El Espectador (in Spanish), 2014-09-18, retrieved 2025-04-29
7. "Falleció Crescencio Camacho, una voz para siempre" [Crescencio Camacho, a voice for eternity, has died], El Universal (in Spanish), 2014-12-14, retrieved 2025-09-22

External links

• Media related to 2014 in Colombia at Wikimedia Commons