The following events occurred during 1999 in Colombia.
Incumbents President: Andrés Pastrana Arango (1998 – 2002). Vice President: Gustavo Adolfo Bell Lemus (1998 – 2002).
Events
January 7 January – The 1999–2002 FARC–Government peace process begins. 25 January – The 6.2 Armenia, Colombia earthquake kills at least 1,900.
February
25 February – Ingrid Washinawatok and two colleagues are kidnapped in Arauca by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerillas.
March
April
12 April – Representative Juan Manuel Corzo and 39 other passengers on a plane heading from Bucaramanga to Cúcuta are kidnapped by National Liberation Army (ELN) guerillas.
May
June
13-27 – 49th Vuelta a Colombia
July
28 July – Armed men murder 4 people in San José del Guaviare.
August
21 August – La Gabarra massacre
September
25 September – Jorge Velosa is kidnapped by Popular Liberation Army (EPL) guerillas.
October
November November 12 – At the beauty pageant for Miss Colombia 1999, presenter Carolina Cruz wins the title of national vice-queen, and 22-year-old Shakira performs her song, "Moscas en la Casa".
December
Births 9 March – Carlos Cuesta, football defender 22 April – Cucho Hernández, football forward 17 June – Luis Sinisterra, football left winger 27 September – Anderson Arroyo, football defender 26 October – Luis Patiño, baseball pitcher 19 December – , actor and musician
Deaths
10 February – Nirma Zárate, artist and professor (b. 1936). 25 February () – Ingrid Washinawatok, Native American activist (b. 1957). 3 May – , anthropologist (b. 1945). 5 September – Hernando Marín, vallenato songwriter (b.1944) 29 December – , writer and poet (b. 1927).
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