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2019-01-17 A suicide car-bomb attack at the General Santander National Police Academy in Bogotá, Colombia, kills at least 20 people and injures more than 50 others. Colombia

2018-05-8 A war crimes tribunal in Colombia begins investigating atrocities during the war which began in the 1960s. Colombia

2016-11-24 The Colombian government and FARC rebels sign a new peace deal after the failure of the original one. Colombia

2016-09-26 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. Colombia

2012-04-2 The Colombian leftist group FARC releases its last remaining police and military captives. Colombia

2010-09-14 Three Colombian police officers were killed Monday during a suspected guerrilla attack near the Venezuelan border. Colombia

2010-03-30 Colombian soldier Pablo Emilio Moncayo is released after 12 years in FARC captivity. Colombia

2010-03-25 A car bomb killed at least 6 people and wounded more than 40 others in a Colombia's Buenaventura city notorious for cocaine trafficking. Colombia

2010-02-22 Colombian President Álvaro Uribe and Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez almost come to blows at the Rio Group summit in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, with Uribe taunting Chávez "Be a man! … you're a coward face-to-face! Stay and argue face-to-face!" and Chávez responding with a simple "Go to Hell!" The Summit also announces the creation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States. Colombia

2010-01-1 At least 18 FARC rebels are killed while celebrating the New Year in an air raid by the Colombian Air Force in the south of the country. Colombia