2015 in Colombia

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Events of 2015 in Colombia .

Incumbents

• President: Juan Manuel Santos
• Vice President: Germán Vargas Lleras

Events

January

• 10 January – Reinado Internacional del Café 2015.
• 25 January – Miss Colombia 2013 Paulina Vega is crowned Miss Universe 2014. ^[1]

February

• 22 February – The 2015 Pan American Cross Country Cup is held in Barranquilla.

March

• 10 March – 2015 Santander earthquake.

April

• 12 April – The Attorney General announces that there are 22 open investigations against Army generals concerning false positive killings during an event honoring its victims. ^[2]

May

• 18 May – 2015 Colombian landslide.

June

• 18-22 June – The 2015 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships are held in Cali.

July

• 15-19 July – The 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics are held in Cali.

August

• 2-15 August – 2015 Vuelta a Colombia.
• 4 August – 2015 Colombia helicopter crash.
• 19 August – 2015 Colombia–Venezuela migrant crisis: 3 Venezuelan soldiers are injured from gunfire on the border with Venezuela.
• 20 August – 2015 Colombia–Venezuela migrant crisis: Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro declares a state of emergency.

September

• 12 September– 2015 Colombia–Venezuela migrant crisis: Both Colombia and Venezuela send moving troops and armored vehicles to their shared border.

October

• 25 October – 2015 Colombian regional and municipal elections

November

• 16 November – Miss Colombia 2015.

December

• 22 December – Medical marijuana is legalized. ^[3]

Deaths

• 18 November – Calixto Ochoa, 81, accordionist and songwriter ^[4]

References

1. Staff, The City Paper (2015-01-26). "Paulina Vega crowned Miss Universe". The City Paper Bogotá. Retrieved 2024-09-21.
2. "COLOMBIA 2015 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT". Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015 (PDF). United States Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. p. 2.
3. Buckley, Ed (2015-12-23). "New regulations make medical marijuana fully legal in Colombia". The City Paper Bogotá. Retrieved 2024-09-21.
4. Carlos Galilea (2015-12-02), "Calixto Ochoa, rey de la música vallenata", El País (in Spanish), retrieved 2025-04-21

External links

• Media related to 2015 in Colombia at Wikimedia Commons