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2013 In Colombia
The following lists events that happened in 2013 in Colombia. Incumbents * President of Brazil, President: Juan Manuel Santos (2010-2018) * Vice President of Brazil, Vice President: Angelino Garzón (2010-2014) Events January * 1 January – 13 FARC members are killed in an airstrike by the Colombian military. * 19 January – A drug lord named Amaury Smith Pomare, who had long been wanted by the police, is arrested at his villa on the Atlantic coast of Honduras. * 20 January – FARC rebels dynamite two southern oil pipelines and planted a bomb on the top coal exporter's northern railway after the end of a rebel ceasefire. * 22 January – FARC rebels dynamite two southern oil pipelines and planted a bomb on the top coal exporter's northern railway after the end of a rebel ceasefire. February * 9 February – A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes southwest Colombia, causing major disruption to the region and injuring at least 8 people. * 25 February – Coffee growers of the coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alaska earthquake: A (, 'Moderate') earthquake shakes Prince of Wales Island (Alaska), Prince of Wales Island. * January 10 – At least 130 people are killed and 270 are injured in January 2013 Pakistan bombings, several bomb blasts in Pakistan. * January 11 – The French Armed Forces, French military begins a 5-month intervention into the Northern Mali conflict, targeting the militant Islamist Ansar Dine group. * January 16–January 20, 20 – 39 international workers and 1 security guard die in a In Amenas hostage crisis, hostage crisis at a natural gas facility near In Aménas, Algeria. * January 27 – An estimated 245 people die in a Kiss nightclub fire, nightclub fire in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
