Sources: CNN
A Mil Mi-17 helicopter of the Colombian National Army Aviation group crashes in Santa Rosa, Bolívar, Colombia, killing nine soldiers on board. 2024-04-29
Colombia holds its first referendum since amending its constitution in 1991 and fails to pass anti-corruption measures due to low voter turnout. 2018-08-26
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 partially completed bridge in Cundinamarca, Colombia, collapses, killing at least 10 workers. 2018-01-15
A landslide in Colombia's southwestern border department of Putumayo sends mud and debris crashing onto houses killing over 250 people and injuring at least 400 others. In addition, 200 people are missing. 2017-04-1
At least four people are killed and a dozen injured after a small plane crashes in a residential area of the Colombian capital Bogota. 2015-10-18
A free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia takes effect. 2012-05-15
Colombian military forces raid a FARC rebel hideout in the province of Caquetá, freeing police sergeant Luis Alberto Erazu, who had been held hostage by FARC for 12 years. Four other hostages are killed by the rebels during the raid. 2011-11-26
The FARC organisation in Colombia releases a fourth hostage in the past week. 2011-02-14
A car bomb explodes in the Colombian capital Bogotá outside Caracol Radio, one of the main radio networks in the country, injuring several people. 2010-08-12