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A Colombian congressional committee orders a preliminary investigation into President Gustavo Petro over allegations of crimes in the financing of his election campaign, following reports of alleged irregular campaign contributions involving his son.
2023-12-13

Two people are killed by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake near Cumaral, Meta Department, Colombia.
2023-08-17

Twelve people are killed when two vessels sink close to a port on Colombia's Pacific coast, in Tumaco.
2021-02-1

The Mission of Palestine in Colombia announces recognition of the State of Palestine as a free and sovereign state.
2018-08-8

The OECD member countries admit Colombia as its 37th member.
2018-05-25

Colombian investigators release their final report on the 2016 disaster, which killed 71 including most of the Associação Chapecoense de Futebol team. The report blames mismanagement leading to fuel exhaustion, noting the aircraft departed without adequate fuel.
2018-04-27

A Colombian Army Mi-17 helicopter crashes near Segovia, Antioquia, in northern Colombia, killing at least ten people.
2018-01-16

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC guerrilla leader Rodrigo Londoño, also known as Timochenko, sign a peace accord in Cartagena, ending the longest running armed conflict in the Western Hemisphere. The final agreement will be submitted to popular ratification in a referendum on October 2.
2016-09-26

More than 2,100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus.
2016-01-30

At least 52 people die in a landslide caused by heavy rains in the Colombian town of Salgar, Antioquia.
2015-05-18