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2012 In Colombia
The following lists events that happened during 2012 in Colombia. Incumbents * President of Brazil, President: Juan Manuel Santos * Vice President of Brazil, Vice President: Angelino Garzón Events January * January 9 - FARC Commander in Chief Timoleón Jiménez, Rodrigo Londoño Echeverry calls on the Colombian government to restart the El Caguán DMZ, Caguán peace accord agenda that ended in 2002 in a letter to President of Colombia, President Juan Manuel Santos. February * February 26 - The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC announces that it has abandoned kidnapping and will soon release its last remaining captives. March * March 26 - Military Forces of Colombia, Colombian forces kill 32 FARC rebels in the latest government offensive. April * April 2 - FARC releases its last remaining police and military captives. * April 5 - Russia, Russian businessman Victor Bout is sentenced to 25 years in prison for smuggling weapons to FARC. * April 14/15 - The 6th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012
2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the Romanian city of Târgu Mureș, protesters expressing solidarity towards certain figures in the medical field and calling for the resignation of president Traian Băsescu. The protests would soon spread through all of the country, marking the start of a long 2012–2015 unrest in Romania, civil unrest in Romania, lasting up to 2015 Romanian protests, November 2015. * January 13 – The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia disaster, ''Costa Concordia'' runs aground off the coast of Italy, causing 32 deaths. * January 23 – Iran–European Union relations: the European Union adopts an embargo against Iran in protest of its continued effort to enrich uranium. February * February 1 – Egypt's deadliest football incident known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
