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2000 in Colombia

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2000
in
Colombia

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Events of 2000 in Colombia.

Incumbents

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Events

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January

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February

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March

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  • 31 March – The United States' House passes a 1.3 billion dollar military aid package to Colombia aimed at combatting drug trafficking operations.[7]

April

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  • 26 April – A confrontation between AUC members and other prisoners inside La Modelo prison in Bogota escalates to fighting which results in 32 deaths and 17 injuries.[8]

May

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Jineth Bedoya Lima testifying at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about her 2000 abduction
  • 25 May – El Espectador reporter Jineth Bedoya is abducted by paramilitaries while inside La Modelo maximum security prison in Bogotá. She is driven to a city 3 hours away and beaten, tortured, threatened, raped, and dumped.[2]

June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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A photo of the courtyard at the Museo Botero in Bogotá, taken from a balcony
Museo Botero in Bogotá

December

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  • 1 December – Authorities announce the discovery of a bomb along a road before a visit by United States politicians; later deemed unrelated to the following visit.[14]
  • 15 December – Hitmen under the instruction of an Army officer conspiring with the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) attacks Wilson Borja, the President of the National Federation of State Workers (Spanish: Federación Nacional de Trabajadores al Servicio del Estado), wounding him in the leg. A bystander dies in the crossfire between his bodyguards and the gunmen, as did a hitmen.[15]

Uncertain

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Births

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Deaths

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Rodrigo Lloreda (Right) with U.S President Ronald Reagan (Left) in 1985
Rodrigo Lloreda (Right) with U.S President Ronald Reagan (Left) in 1985

References

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  1. ^ "Anti-Personnel Landmines Convention". United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA). Archived from the original on 14 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Human Rights Watch World Report 2001: Colombia: Human Rights Developments". Human Rights Watch (HRW). 2001. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  3. ^ "The Clinton Administration's Aid Proposal". Center for International Policy. 3 February 2000. Archived from the original on 15 November 2001. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  4. ^ Campeonato Sudamericano de Cross Country (in Spanish), Confederación Atlética del Uruguay, archived from the original on 4 January 2014, retrieved 23 August 2024
  5. ^ Brody, Daniel (23 February 2010). "Ten years on, no justice for El Salado massacre victims". Colombia Reports. Archived from the original on 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  6. ^ Evans, Michael (24 September 2009). "Conspiracy of Silence? Colombia, the United States and the Massacre at El Salado". National Security Archives at George Washington University. Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Articles on Aid Passage in the House". ClombiaSupport.net. Archived from the original on 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  8. ^ "32 Reclusos Muertos en La Modelo" [32 Prisoners Died in La Modelo]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 29 April 2000. Archived from the original on 18 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  9. ^ Toro, Cristian (29 August 2003). Toro Sánchez., Cristian Giovanny (ed.). "Condenan a 40 Años por Masacre en Bar Reminiscencias". Samaná Caldas (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Colombia's attorney general proposes prisoner exchange with rebels". CNN. 27 September 2000. Archived from the original on 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Macayepo, from the ashes of death to hope". Unidad para las Víctimas. Gobierno de Colombia. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Museo Botero, Bogotá". Google Arts & Culture. Archived from the original on 3 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  13. ^ a b "Guide/City Bogotá/ Museums/Museo Botero". Artnexus. Archived from the original on 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  14. ^ "World - Bomb discovered in Colombia before visit of U.S. senator, ambassador". CNN. 1 December 2000. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Colombia: Fear for Safety: Wilson Bora Diaz, trade union leader". Amnesty International. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  16. ^ de Birbragher, Celia Sredni (1999). "Botero - Donates his Collection to Colombia". Art Nexus (34). Arte en Colombia 80. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
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