Events in the year 2024 in Colombia.
Incumbents
Events
January
- January 4 – The Clan del Golfo detonate explosives at an army base in Turbo, Antioquia Department, killing a soldier and injuring 12 others.[1]
- January 13 – El Carmen de Atrato landslide: A landslide in El Carmen de Atrato, Chocó, kills 37 people and injures at least 35 others.[2]
- January 19 – One person dies after an magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes Valle del Cauca Department.[3]
February
- February 27 – President Gustavo Petro announces the suspension of weapons purchases from Israeli manufacturers and acknowledges the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip as genocide.[4]
April
- April 24 – Amazon rubber cycle: The Government of Colombia issues a formal apology to the indigenous communities of the Amazon basin for allowing the enslavement and systematic brutality they endured during the Amazon rubber boom in the 19th and 20th centuries.[5]
- April 29 – An Mi-17 army helicopter crashes near Santa Rosa del Sur, Bolívar Department, killing all nine officers on board.[6]
May
- May 2 – Colombia breaks diplomatic relations with Israel over its war in Gaza.[7]
- May 16 – Elmer Fernandez, the director of the La Modelo prison in Bogota, is shot dead by a motorcycled gunman while on his way home from work.[8]
- May 20 – Six people are injured in a bomb attack in Jamundi blamed on FARC dissidents.[9]
- May 28 – The Senate of Colombia approves a resolution banning Spanish-style bullfighting in the country.[10]
June
- 10 June – Doe v. Chiquita Brands International: After 17 years of litigation, Chiquita Brands International is found liable by a jury in United States Federal Court of financing the far-right paramilitary death squad United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia in the Antioquia and Magdalena Departments.[11]
- 10 June – One person is killed and 20 others are injured after a cable car plunges into a sidewalk next to a station platform in Medellin.[12]
Scheduled events
- 31 August – 22 September – 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup[13]
Art and entertainment
- List of Colombian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
- List of 2024 box office number-one films in Colombia
Holidays
- January 1: New Year's Day
- January 8: Three Kings Day
- March 24: Palm Sunday
- March 25: Saint Joseph's Day
- March 28: Holy Thursday
- March 29: Good Friday
- March 31: Easter Sunday
- May 1: Labor Day
- May 13: Ascension Day
- June 3: Feast of Corpus Christi
- June 10: Sacred Heart
- July 1: Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
- July 20: Independence Day
- August 7: Battle of Boyacá
- August 19: Assumption Day
- October 14: Columbus Day
- November 4: All Saints' Day
- November 11: Independence of Cartagena
- December 8: Day of Immaculate Conception
- December 25: Christmas Day
Deaths
- January 2: Juan Carlos Henao Pérez, 64, jurist (Colombian peace agreement) and academic, president of the Constitutional Court (2009–2010) and rector of Universidad Externado (2012–2021).[16]
- January 11: Efraín Antonio Ríos, 113, supercentenarian.[17]
- January 19: Mario E. Dorsonville, 63, Colombian-born American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Washington (2015–2023) and bishop of Houma–Thibodaux (since 2023).
- January 20: Piedad Córdoba, 68, politician, MP (1992–2010).[18]
- February 19: Rodrigo Pardo García-Peña, 65, Colombian politician, minister of foreign affairs (1994–1996).[19]
- March 24 José Agustín Valbuena Jáuregui, 96, Colombian Roman Catholic bishop.[20]
References
- ^ "1 soldier killed and 12 injured in attack in Colombia blamed on drug cartel". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ "Zeker 18 doden en tientallen gewonden bij aardverschuiving in Colombia". nos.nl (in Dutch). 2024-01-13. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
- ^ "Una mujer muerta, caída de techos y agrietamientos dejó el temblor en Ansermanuevo" [A dead woman, falling roofs and cracks left the tremor in Ansermanuevo]. El Espectador (in Spanish). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ Uribe, Maria Alejandra (2024-02-29). "Colombia suspende toda compra de armas a Israel: Petro por muerte de más de 100 palestinos". W Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- ^ "Gobierno colombiano pide perdón por "genocidio" del caucho". El Espectador (in Spanish). 2024-04-24. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ "A Colombian army helicopter has crashed in a rural area of the country's north, killing 9 soldiers". AP News. 2024-04-29. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ "Colombia's president says country will break diplomatic relations with Israel over war in Gaza". AP News. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Colombia hunts for assailants after Bogota prison director shot dead". Al Jazeera. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Violence intensifies in southwest Colombia as FARC holdout group attacks police and military". Associated Press. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ FM, La (2024-05-28). "Congreso prohíbe corridas de toros en Colombia | La FM". www.lafm.com.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ "COLOMBIAN VICTIMS WIN HISTORIC VERDICT OVER CHIQUITA: JURY FINDS BANANA COMPANY LIABLE FOR FINANCING DEATH SQUADS". June 11, 2024.
- ^ "The collapse of a cable car in Colombia kills 1 person and injures 20". Associated Press. June 26, 2024.
- ^ "Colombia reaching new heights, whilst keeping an eye on the future". FIFA. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Colombia Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Calendario económico y feriados bancarios" [Economic calendar and bank holidays] (in Spanish). Bank of the Republic. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- ^ Lewin, Juan Esteban (2024-01-02). "Muere Juan Carlos Henao, uno de los juristas del acuerdo de La Habana". El País América Colombia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- ^ Villatoro, Fabrizio (2024-01-12). "Efraín Antonio Ríos García, World's Second-Oldest Living Man, Dies at 113". LongeviQuest. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- ^ Semana (2024-01-20). "Atención: falleció la senadora Piedad Córdoba". Semana.com Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-21.
- ^ Murió Rodrigo Pardo, periodista y exdiplomático, a los 65 años (in Spanish)
- ^ Murió José Agustín Valbuena Jáuregui quien fue obispo de Valledupar (in Spanish)
