Events in the year 2024 in Colombia.
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Incumbents
Events
- January 4 – The Clan del Golfo detonate explosives at an army encampment in Turbo, Antioquia Department, killing a soldier and injuring 12 others.[1]
- January 13 – El Carmen de Atrato landslide: A landslide in El Carmen de Atrato, Chocó, kills 37 people and injures at least 35 others.[2]
- February 27 – President Gustavo Petro announces the suspension of weapons purchases from Israeli manufacturers and acknowledges the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip as genocide.[3]
- April 24 – Amazon rubber cycle: The Government of Colombia issues a formal apology to the indigenous communities of the Amazon basin for allowing the enslavement and systematic brutality they endured during the Amazon rubber boom in the 19th and 20th centuries.[4]
Scheduled events
- 31 August – 22 September – 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup[5]
Art and entertainment
Holidays
- January 1: New Year's Day
- January 8: Three Kings Day
- March 24: Palm Sunday
- March 25: Saint Joseph's Day
- March 28: Holy Thursday
- March 29: Good Friday
- March 31: Easter Sunday
- May 1: Labor Day
- May 13: Ascension Day
- June 3: Feast of Corpus Christi
- June 10: Sacred Heart
- July 1: Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
- July 20: Independence Day
- August 7: Battle of Boyacá
- August 19: Assumption Day
- October 14: Columbus Day
- November 4: All Saints' Day
- November 11: Independence of Cartagena
- December 8: Day of Immaculate Conception
- December 25: Christmas Day
Deaths
- January 2: Juan Carlos Henao Pérez, 64, jurist (Colombian peace agreement) and academic, president of the Constitutional Court (2009–2010) and rector of Universidad Externado (2012–2021).[8]
- January 11: Efraín Antonio Ríos, 113, supercentenarian.[9]
- January 19: Mario E. Dorsonville, 63, Colombian-born American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Washington (2015–2023) and bishop of Houma–Thibodaux (since 2023).
- January 20: Piedad Córdoba, 68, politician, MP (1992–2010).[10]
- February 19: Rodrigo Pardo García-Peña, 65, Colombian politician, minister of foreign affairs (1994–1996).[11]
- March 24 José Agustín Valbuena Jáuregui, 96, Colombian Roman Catholic bishop.[12]
References
External links
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