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Events from the year 2005 in Colombia.

Incumbents

  • President: Álvaro Uribe Vélez (2002 – 2010).[1][2]
  • Vice President: Francisco Santos Calderón (2002 – 2010).[3][4]

Events

January

  • 26 January – Catalina Sandino Moreno becomes the first Colombian to be nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars for her role in Maria Full of Grace as María Álvarez.[5]

February

  • 21–22 February – San José de Apartadó massacre: Members of the Military of Colombia and United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) kill five adults and three children in the village of San José de Apartadó.[6]

March

  • 25 March – West Caribbean Airways Flight 9955: A flight between the Providencia and San Andres Islands crashes after its left engine flames out. The two pilots and seven of the passengers are killed.[7]

April

  • 8 April – Solar eclipse of April 8, 2005: An annular version of a total solar eclipse is visible in areas of Colombia.[8]

May

  • 12 May – Ex-Justice Minister Alberto Santofimio Botero is arrested for the 1989 assassination of Luis Carlos Galán.[9][10]
  • 22 May – Jamundí massacre: The Colombian National Army's High Mountain Battalion kill 10 policemen of the Colombian National Police and a civilian in Jamundí, Valle del Cauca.

June

  • 25 June – The 48th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia- People's Army (FARC-EP) fight with National Army Military troops at Teteyé military base; 19 soldiers die, 11 are injured, and one is kidnapped.[11]

July

  • 24 July – The 55th Vuelta a Colombia begins in Pitalito, Huila.

August

  • 12–21 August – The 15th Bolivarian Games is held in Armenia, Pereira, Cartagena, and Bogotá,[12] officially opened on the 12th by President Uribe.[13]
  • 24 August – Vallenato singer Kaleth Morales is killed in a traffic accident at 21 years old.[14]

September

  • 13 September – Ex-president Julio César Turbay Ayala dies.[15]

October

  • 19 October –The Constitutional Court approves reform that would allow president Uribe to run for a second presidential term in 2006.[16]

November

  • 14 November – Miss Colombia 2005 is held in Cartagena de Indias; Miss Atlántico Valerie Dominguez wins.[17]
  • 25 November – The Green Alliance Party of Colombia is founded as the Center Option Party (Spanish: Partido Opción Centro).[18]

December

  • The Independent Democratic Pole (PDI) and the Democratic Alternative (AD) merge to form the Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA).[19]
  • 3 December – Ex-senator Jaime Lozada Perdomo is assassinated by the FARC-EP.[20]

Births

  • 22 February – Linda Caicedo, professional soccer player.[21]

Deaths

  • 18 July – Antonio María Peñaloza, musician, arranger, and songwriter (b. 1916)[22]
  • 24 August – Kaleth Morales, vallenato singer (b. 1984).[14]
  • 13 September – Julio César Turbay Ayala, president of Colombia from 1978 to 1982 (b. 1916).[15]
  • 3 December – Jaime Lozada Perdomo, former senator (b. 1949).[20]

References

  1. ^ East, Roger; Thomas, Richard J. (3 June 2014). Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders. Routledge. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-317-63940-4.
  2. ^ "How President Alvaro Uribe changed Colombia". BBC News. 4 August 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  3. ^ Publications, Europa (2002). South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2003. Taylor & Francis. p. 271. ISBN 978-1-85743-138-4.
  4. ^ Kline, Harvey F. (2012). Historical Dictionary of Colombia. Scarecrow Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-8108-7813-6.
  5. ^ "The 77th Academy Awards (2005) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Archived from the original on 1 June 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  6. ^ "10 years since massacre at San Jose de Apartadó". ABColombia. 26 February 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Accident Let L-410UVP-E HK-4146, Saturday 26 March 2005". Flight Safety.org. Aviation Safety Network, Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  8. ^ Espenak, Fred. "Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 2005 Apr 08 - Google Maps and Solar Eclipse Paths". NASA Eclipse Web Site. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Archived from the original on 5 July 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Ex-Colombia minister faces trial". BBC News. 22 December 2005. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Colombia ex-justice minister to be charged in death of presidential candidate". JURIST. 22 December 2005. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  11. ^ "NUEVOS ASEGURADOS POR ATAQUE A BASE DE TETEYÉ". fiscalia.gov.co. 22 August 2005. Archived from the original on 16 September 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  12. ^ Escenarios (in Spanish), Comité Organizador de los Juegos Deportivos Bolivarianos 2005, archived from the original on 19 February 2013, retrieved 22 August 2024
  13. ^ "Athletics Podium". Athletics Podium. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  14. ^ a b Bolaño, Paul (26 August 2005). "Apoteosico Recibimiento a Kaleth Morales #Noticia". El Vallenato.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 April 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Julio César Turbay". The Telegraph. 14 September 2005. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  16. ^ "SÓLO UN VOTO EN CONTRA DE LA MEDIDA: Aprobada en Colombia la reelección presidencial que permitirá a Álvaro Uribe volver a presentarse en 2006". El Mundo. 20 October 2005. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  17. ^ "Valerie Domínguez Tarud, del Atlántico, es la nueva Señorita Colombia". El Colombiano (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 October 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  18. ^ Gonzalez, John Jairo Avellaneda (28 August 2019). "Historia". Partido Alianza Verde (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  19. ^ "Alternative Democratic Pole". Colombia Reports. 13 April 2015. Archived from the original on 13 October 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  20. ^ a b "Former congressman killed in Colombia". The Denver Post. 4 December 2005. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  21. ^ "Linda Caicedo". www.tntsports.co.uk. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  22. ^ Javier Franco Altamar (19 July 2005), "Murió compositor de himno del Carnaval de Barranquilla" [Composer of the anthem of the Carnival of Barranquilla has died], Radio Nacional de Colombia (in Spanish), retrieved 26 May 2025
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