Sources: Xinhua
A concert organized by the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra involving 16,000 musicians and choirs at the Simón Bolívar Park in Bogotá, Colombia, commemorating the progress in the country's peace process, sets a world record for the largest concert ever performed. 2022-08-28
Colombia reports its first confirmed case of monkeypox in a man who travelled from Spain. 2022-06-5
Panama closes its border with Colombia due to COVID-19 concerns. The Colombian government had recently reopened the border, which had been closed since March 2020. Panama has so far recorded more than 370,000 COVID-19 cases and 6,300 deaths. 2021-05-20
Colombian airline carrier Avianca files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and liquidates its Peruvian subsidiary as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020-05-10
Colombia formalizes its membership with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), becoming the 37th nation in the organization. 2020-04-28
Colombian President Iván Duque Márquez unilaterally blames the National Liberation Army for the 2019 Bogotá car bombing, and suspends ongoing peace talks with the group, requesting that the Cuban government arrest the ten guerrilla group members leading the negotiations in Havana. 2019-01-18
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 authorities are investigating the discovery of at least 100 dismembered bodies in a sewer system underneath La Modelo prison in Bogotá. Officials say the practice of killing, dismembering, and tossing body parts into drains might have also happened at prisons in other cities, e.g., Popayán, Bucaramanga and Barranquilla. The victims include inmates, visitors, and others. 2016-02-17
The Colombian leftist group FARC releases its last remaining police and military captives. 2012-04-2
Panama grants asylum to María del Pilar Hurtado, the former head of Colombia's Administrative Department of Security wanted for allegedly illegal wiretapping. 2010-11-19