Incumbents

* President: Juan Manuel Santos (until August 7), Iván Duque Márquez (starting August 7) * Vice President: Oscar Naranjo (until August 7), Marta Lucia Ramirez (starting August 7)

Events

* February 9– 25:

Colombia at the 2018 Winter Olympics Colombia competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. The country returned to the Winter Olympics after last competing in 2010, which also marked its debut. The Colombian team consisted of three ...

- Four athletes from Colombia compete at the

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

. * July 3:

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

are knocked out of the

2018 FIFA World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national Association football, football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awa ...

in the second round, losing on penalties to England at the Otkritie Arena, Moscow. * October 6– 18: Colombia will compete at the

2018 Summer Youth Olympics The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de 2018), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international sports, cultural, and educational event held ...

. * 11 October - A mudslide in the central Colombian town of Marquetalia results in at least 12 deaths.

Deaths

August 2 Events Pre-1600 *338 BC – A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean. *216 BC – The Carthaginian arm ...

Herbert King Herbert García King (16 December 1963 – 2 August 2018), known artistically as Herbert King, was a Colombian actor. Biography King was born in the city of Santa Marta and in his youth moved to England, where he had his training in dramatic a ...

, 55, television and film actor (heart attack)Falleció el actor Herbert King, tío de Radamel Falcao García

References

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