1986 in Colombia

Events of 1986 in Colombia.

Incumbents President: Belisario Betancur (1982–1986) Virgilio Barco Vargas (1986–1990) Vice President: N/AThe Office of the Vice President was officially abolished by the 1905 National Constituent Assembly on 28 March 1905, and it was only reinstituted after the ratification of the new 1991 Constitution and filled in the following presidential elections in 1994.

Events Ongoing

Colombian conflict. Massacre of Trujillo.

January

19th of April Movement (M-19) guerillas ambush a National Army truck in Silvia, Cauca, killing several soldiers and taking three hostages. This triggers weeks long fighting in the department.

February

Fighting continues in the Cauca Department.

March

9 March – The 1986 Colombian parliamentary election is held. 13 March – M-19 leader Álvaro Fayad is killed in a military operation. May

25 May – The 1986 Colombian presidential election is held.

July 1-7 July – Saint John Paul II visits Colombia. October

22 October – 1986 Copa Libertadores finals: The first leg of the finals between Argentine club River Plate and Colombian club América de Cali is held at the Pascual Guerrero Stadium in Cali. América de Cali looses 1-2. 29 October – 1986 Copa Libertadores finals: The second leg of the finals is held at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires, Argentina. América de Cali looses 0-1.

November

16 November – Señorita Colombia 1986 is held.

December

17 December – Pablo Escobar's Medellín cartel murders El Espectador director and journalist Guillermo Cano Isaza. In the following 24 hours, the Colombian press at large protested his murder by not airing any radio or television news nor printing any print media.

Uncertain

The Central Union of Workers is founded. The Children's Museum of Bogotá is founded. The Colegio Cristiano El-Shaddai is founded in Barranquilla.

Births

28 January – Miguel Uribe Turbay, politician. 10 February – Radamel Falcao, footballer. 25 April – Juan Sebastián Cabal, tennis player. 30 September – Cristián Zapata, footballer. 18 December – Jery Sandoval, actress, model, and singer Víctor Hugo Moreno Mina, activist.

Deaths 31 January – Clímaco Sarmiento, musician and songwriter (b. 1916). 13 March – Álvaro Fayad, M-19 guerilla leader (b. 1946). 2 April – Ramón Ropaín, pianist and bandleader (b.1916). 17 December – Guillermo Cano Isaza, journalist (b. 1925).

1986 in Colombia

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