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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

Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza signs an order requiring anyone arriving from Croatia, Greece, Spain, and Malta to be tested for COVID-19 in an attempt to avoid a spike of new cases in the country. The country is also banning travellers from Colombia over concerns of new infections.
2020-08-13

Riots break out at several prisons in Colombia over COVID-19 fears. Residents report explosions and gunfire inside La Modelo prison in the capital Bogotá. Inmates release a statement demanding the government allow vulnerable prisoners to be granted house arrest.
2020-03-22

The number of people displaced globally totals 65.6 million after an addition of 10.3 million people displaced in 2016. Syria, Colombia, Afghanistan, Iraq and South Sudan are the countries in the top five.
2017-06-19

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off the coast of Ecuador, near the town of Muisne. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issues a tsunami alert for coastal areas of Ecuador and Colombia. At least 42 people are reported dead with deaths reported in the cities of Manta, Guayaquil and Portoviejo.
2016-04-16

The United States Army is probing alleged sexual assaults committed by its soldiers in Colombia between 2003-2007.
2015-04-4

17 government soldiers are killed in an attack by FARC revolutionaries in the Colombian department of Arauca.
2013-07-20

20 musicians from the band, Kombo Kolombia, who play Colombian vallenato music, are missing after playing a gig in Hidalgo, Mexico.
2013-01-26

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