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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

↑ "Colombia election shrinks government majority in Congress". 9 March 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
↑ "31 Children Die in Colombian Bus Inferno". 19 May 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
↑ "Colombia's Santos hurt in election first round, faces tough battle". 26 May 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
↑ "Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Wins Second Term". 15 June 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
↑ "Colombian rebels free captured general". 30 November 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.

Years in Colombia (since 1810)

19th century	1810 1880 1890

20th century	1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

21st century	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

2014 in South America

Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela

Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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