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2014 in Colombia

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Other events of 2014Timeline of Colombian history

The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Colombia.

Contents

March

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

    • May

  • May 18 - A bus in Fundación, department of Magdalena, ignites while transporting children from a religious service, killing 31 children.
  • May 25 - 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.

    • June

  • June 15 - 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.

    • August

  • August 8 - Juan Manuel Santos is sworn in for a second term as President of Colombia.

    • November

  • November 30 - FARC releases Colombian Army general Rubén Alzate and two other prisoners they recently captured.

    • References

    2014 in Colombia Wikipedia
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