2014 in Colombia

← 2013 2012 2011 2014 in Colombia → 2015 2016 2017
Decades:	1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	Other events of 2014 Timeline of Colombian history

The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Colombia.

Events

March

• March 9 - President Juan Manuel Santos's coalition wins a reduced majority, while former President Alvaro Uribe is elected to the Senate.^[1]

May

• May 18 - A bus in Fundación, department of Magdalena, ignites while transporting children from a religious service, killing 31 children.^[2]
• May 25 - Voters in Colombia go to the polls for the first round in the presidential election. Opposition candidate Óscar Iván Zuluaga wins a plurality of votes and will face the incumbent Juan Manuel Santos in the second round.^[3]

June

• June 15 - Voters in Colombia go to the polls for a presidential election, pitting incumbent Juan Manuel Santos against Óscar Iván Zuluaga. Santos is reelected with 51% of the vote.^[4]

August

• August 8 - Juan Manuel Santos is sworn in for a second term as President of Colombia.

November

• November 30 - FARC releases Colombian Army general Rubén Alzate and two other prisoners they recently captured.^[5]

References