1998 in Colombia
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Events of 1998 in Colombia.
Incumbents
- President:
- Ernesto Samper Pizano (1994–7 August 1998).
- Andrés Pastrana Arango (7 August 1998 – 2002).
- Vice President:
- Carlos Lemos Simmonds (1997–7 August 1998).
- Gustavo Adolfo Bell Lemus (7 August 1998 – 2002).
Events
January
- 11–12 January – Hundreds of non-inmates, mostly visitors, are inside San Isidro prison in Popayan, Cauca during a prison protest over living conditions, including overcrowding. Many are relatives and loved ones of inmates voluntarily staying as a part of the protest, but others have been taken hostage. On the 11th, 18 of those taken hostage are released.[1]
February
- 4 February – Amnesty International announces the closure of its Bogotá office after recent threats.
- 25 February – Víctor Carranza, known as the “emerald czar” is arrested.[2]
- 27 February – The director of the Permanent Committee for the Defense of Human Rights of Antioquia (Spanish: Comité Permanente por la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos de Antioquia) Jesús María Valle Jaramillo is shot and killed in his office in Medellín.[3]
March
- 8 March – The 1998 parliamentary election are held. The Liberal Party wins a majority in the Chamber, 84 of the 161 seats, and a plurality in the Senate, 48 of the 102 seats.
April
- 28 April – Men claiming to be members of the Peasant Self-Defense Group of Córdoba and Urabá (ACCU) kidnap 6 previously displaced men in Bello, Antioquia, killing at least 4 (the other 2 being 'disappeared').[2]
May
Won by Horacio Serpa
Won by Andres Pastrana
- 16 May – Barrancabermeja massacre.[4]
- 19 May – The Twentieth Brigade of the Colombian army is suspended, pending reorganization. This was after the government publicly connected them to the 1995 murder of Álvaro Gómez Hurtado.[2]
- 31 May – The 1998 presidential election is held; Horacio Serpa of the Liberal Party wins the plurality (34.78%) over the Great Alliance for Change's Andrés Pastrana Arango, but, since no one candidate earns a majority, it goes to a second round.
June
- 21 June – The second round of the 1998 presidential election is held; Andrés Pastrana Arango of the Great Alliance for Change wins with a 50.34% majority over the Liberal Party's Horacio Serpa.
- 26 June – The Colombia national football team plays England during the group stage (G) of the 1998 FIFA World Cup in Lens, France. England beats Colombia 2 to 0, which knocks Colombia out of the running.[5]
July
- 10 July – Caracol Televisión and RCN Televisión are both launched as television networks.
August
- 7 August – Andrés Pastrana Arango is inaugurated as the 30th president of Colombia.
September
- 15 September – Liberal Party congressman Jorge Humberto González Noreña is assassinated.[6]
October
- 18 October – Machuca Massacre.
November
- 3–5 November – Siege of Mitú.
December
- December – Air Force pilots drop cluster bombs on Santo Domingo, Norte de Santander, killing 17, including 5 children, and wounding 30.[7]
- 8 December – Villanueva Massacre.
- 13 December – Santo Domingo massacre.[8][9]
Births
- January 17 – Anthony Zambrano, sprinter.[10]
Deaths
- 14 February – Manuel Pérez, National Liberation Army (ELN) leader (b. 1943).
- 27 February – Jesús María Valle Jaramillo, human rights advocate.
- 15 September – Jorge Humberto González Noreña, politician and then congressmen.
References
- ^ "Hundreds held hostage in Colombia prison". CNN. Contributed to by Reuters. 12 January 1998. Archived from the original on 15 January 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b c "HRW World Report 1999: Colombia: Human Rights Developments". Human Rights Watch (HRW). 1999. Archived from the original on 24 April 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Colombia:Human rights defenders under increasing attack: Human rights defenders network update". Refworld. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "Masacre de Barrancabermeja, mayo de 1998 - Rutas del Conflicto". rutasdelconflicto.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ Gill, Stephen (2018-05-16). "Colombia's 1998 World Cup". Colombia News | Colombia Reports. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "Asesinado Presidente de Comisión VII de la Cámara" [Chairman of Committee VII of the House Assassinated]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 15 September 1998. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "1998 Bombing Cited as U.S. Decertifies Unit In Colombia". The New York Times. From Reuters. 15 January 2003. Section A, Page 7. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Masacre de Santo Domingo". Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz de Colombia (in Spanish). 13 December 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ "Masacre de Santo Domingo, Arauca". Rutas del Conflicto (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ "Anthony José ZAMBRANO". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
External links
- Human Rights Watch World Report 1999: Colombia
- U.S. Department of State: Colombia Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1998
