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Colombia introduces passports with a non-binary option, following a 2022 court ruling that permitted such identification on official documents.
2023-08-24

A Piper PA-31 crashes into a residential area in the Belén Rosales, Medellín, Colombia, killing the eight people on board.
2022-11-21

36 people are injured in a car bomb attack on a U.S. military base in Colombia. The Colombian government suspects possible self-attribution for the attack to the National Liberation Army.
2021-06-15

Colombian Ministers of Defense, Foreign Affairs and Health meet with their Brazilian counterparts to coordinate a joint response to the increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases in the border region between both countries.
2020-05-15

At least nine people are killed and about 30 others are missing after their multi-story tourist boat, carrying about 170 people, sinks in a reservoir in northwest Colombia near Medellín.
2017-06-25

The BBC reports that leaked audio recordings of air traffic tower tapes indicate that the LaMia Airlines flight was running out of fuel near the Colombian city of Medellin.
2016-11-30

A chartered Avro RJ85 plane carrying at least 81 people, including the Chapecoense football team, crashes near Medellín, Colombia. Rescuers report at least six survivors have been found in the wreckage. The 2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals are suspended.
2016-11-29

A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits near the Colombian city of Medellin.
2016-09-13

The vice president of Colombia, Angelino Garzón, awakes from an induced coma following his ischemic stroke.
2012-06-26

Voters in Colombia go to the polls for local gubernatorial and mayoral elections, including the mayors of Bogotá, Medellín, and Cali.
2011-10-30