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2022 In Colombia
Events in the year 2022 in Colombia. Incumbents * President of Colombia, President: Iván Duque Márquez (until 7 August), Gustavo Petro (since 7 August) * Vice President of Colombia, Vice President: Marta Lucía Ramírez (until 7 August), Francia Márquez (since 7 August) * Government: Cabinet of Gustavo Petro Events January-March * 13 March: 2022 Colombian parliamentary election April-June * 29 May: First round of the 2022 Colombian presidential election * 19 June: Runoff round in the 2022 Colombian presidential election * 26 June: 2022 Colombia stadium collapse * 28 June: Tuluá prison riot July-September * 2 September: 2022 Huila attack December * 5 December: 2022 Risaralda landslide Health * 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Colombia * COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia Deaths * 26 July – Juancho Vargas, pianist and composer (b. 1934) References {{Years in Colombia 2022 in Colombia, 2022 by country, Colombia 2022 in South America, Colombia 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Peru and Ecuador to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. Colombia is divided into 32 Departments of Colombia, departments. The Capital District of Bogotá is also the List of cities in Colombia by population, country's largest city hosting the main financial and cultural hub. Other major urban areas include Medellín, Cali, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Colombia, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Cúcuta, Ibagué, Villavicencio and Bucaramanga. It covers an area of 1,141,748 square kilometers (440,831 sq mi) and has a population of around 52 million. Its rich cultural heritage—including language, religion, cuisine, and art—reflects its history as a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Huila Attack
On 2 September 2022, a police vehicle hit a bomb near the town of Corozal, killing seven police officers and injuring another. Bombing On 2 September 2022, a police vehicle carrying eight police officers was traveling to a social welfare event in the town of San Luis, while traveling through the small town of Corozal, the vehicle hit a bomb. The vehicle was destroyed and flipped over on its top. The Explosion killed seven of the police officers instantly and severely injured another one. Colombian president Gustavo Petro Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego (; born 19 April 1960) is a Colombian politician who is the 34th and current president of Colombia since 2022. Upon inauguration, he became the Pink tide, first left-wing president in the History of Colombia, recen ... said in a tweet that the bombing was an attempt to “sabotage” the peace process. A FARC dissident group under command of Iván Mordisco claimed responsibility for the attack, stating it was revenge for the k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 In Colombia
Events in the year 2022 in Colombia. Incumbents * President of Colombia, President: Iván Duque Márquez (until 7 August), Gustavo Petro (since 7 August) * Vice President of Colombia, Vice President: Marta Lucía Ramírez (until 7 August), Francia Márquez (since 7 August) * Government: Cabinet of Gustavo Petro Events January-March * 13 March: 2022 Colombian parliamentary election April-June * 29 May: First round of the 2022 Colombian presidential election * 19 June: Runoff round in the 2022 Colombian presidential election * 26 June: 2022 Colombia stadium collapse * 28 June: Tuluá prison riot July-September * 2 September: 2022 Huila attack December * 5 December: 2022 Risaralda landslide Health * 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Colombia * COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia Deaths * 26 July – Juancho Vargas, pianist and composer (b. 1934) References {{Years in Colombia 2022 in Colombia, 2022 by country, Colombia 2022 in South America, Colombia 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Colombiano
''El Colombiano'' () is the leading newspaper in Antioquia Department in Colombia whose headquarters are located in Medellín. The first edition of this newspaper was published on February 6, 1912, which only had one page, 13 advertisements, but no news articles. In 1976, the first color pictures were added and in 1980, the content of this newspaper changed from 8 to 6 columns. On February 16, 2001, it was released with its current layout. ''El Colombiano'' is part of Periódicos Asociados Latinoamericanos ( Latin American Newspaper Association), an organization of fourteen leading newspapers in South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o .... See also * '' El Mundo'' External links El Colombiano official website El Colombiano / English Antioquia section New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juancho Vargas
Juan Roberto Vargas Schoonewolf (1934–2022), known as Juancho Vargas, was a Colombian pianist and composer. He played with several bands and orchestras in Colombia, and was pianist on the first recording of " Ay Cosita Linda". Biography Juancho Vargas was born on 11 June 1934 in Barranquilla. He started playing classical piano at a young age, and later studied at the Institute of Fine Arts in Barranquilla, where his teacher encouraged him to learn popular music. Vargas graduated from the Institute in 1952 and started his musical career playing with the Emisora Atlántico orchestra. In 1955 Vargas moved to Bogotá to study chemical engineering. There he met the brother of Lucho Bermúdez, who convinced him to move to Medellín to join Bermúdez's band, which Vargas did that same year. Vargas earned 800 pesos a month in the orchestra, who played three shows a night on the radio station La Voz de Antioquia. In July 1955 he played on the first recorded version of Pacho Galán's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In Colombia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia was a part of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have reached Colombia on 6 March 2020. Up to January 2022, four waves affected Colombia: Infections and deaths peaked in August 2020, again in January 2021 following the Christmas holidays, reached new highs between April and June 2021, and a fourth wave was confirmed in late December 2021 following the arrival of the Omicron variant of . "Confirmed COVID-19" was the primary cause of death in Colombia in 2020, where the virus caused over 50,000 fatalities by the end of the calendar year. An additional 13,000 deaths in Colombia that year were suspected to be caused by COVID-19, making "suspected COVID-19" the third most common cause of death. The "confirmed COVID-19" death toll doubled during the first half of 2021, reaching 100,000 before the end of June (including all deaths from the beginning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online news coverage. The service has over 5,500 journalists working across its output including in 50 foreign news bureaus where more than 250 foreign correspondents are stationed. Deborah Turness has been the CEO of news and current affairs since September 2022. In 2019, it was reported in an Ofcom report that the BBC spent £136m on news during the period April 2018 to March 2019. BBC News' domestic, global and online news divisions are housed within the largest live newsroom in Europe, in Broadcasting House in central London. Parliamentary coverage is produced and broadcast from studios in London. Through BBC English Regions, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Risaralda Landslide
A large landslide occurred in Risaralda Department, Colombia on December 5, 2022. Impact At least 33 people were killed and nine others were rescued alive, four of them injured critically. All victims were inside a bus when the landslide buried the vehicle. At least three children were among those killed, according to Colombian President Gustavo Petro. The bus itself had around 25 passengers, and departed from Cali before the landslide. See also * Weather of 2022 The following is a list of weather events that occurred on Earth in the year 2022. The year began with a La Niña. There were several natural disasters around the world from various types of weather, including blizzards, cold waves, droughts, hea ... References Landslides in Colombia December 2022 in Colombia Landslides in 2022 2022 disasters in Colombia 2022 meteorology {{Natural-disaster-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuluá Prison Riot
Tuluá (), is a city located in the heart of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. A major industrial and commercial center, it is the region's fourth-largest city after Cali—the department capital—Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Palmira and Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Buenaventura. Founded around 1741 by Juan de Lemos y Aguirre, it has a population of approximately 178,000. It is also known as the ''Corazón del Valle'' (meaning 'The Heart of Valle'), as ''La Villa de Céspedes'' ('Town of Céspedes', named after the naturalist Juan María Céspedes) and ''Tierra Fácil'' ('Easy Land' in the native language). It is well known throughout Colombia and many parts of South America as a major center of salsa (dance), salsa dancing. Geography The Tuluá River runs through Tuluá's urban area. The city is located 269 miles from Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, 63 miles northeast of Cali and 108 miles from the important harbor city of Buenaventura, Colombia, Buenaventura, which lies on the coast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
