2022 in Colombia
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Events in the year 2022 in Colombia.
Incumbents
- President: Iván Duque Márquez (until 7 August), Gustavo Petro (since 7 August)
- Vice President: Marta Lucía Ramírez (until 7 August), Francia Márquez (since 7 August)
- Government: Cabinet of Gustavo Petro
Events
January-March
- 24 January: Indigenous leader Albeiro Camayo is assassinated in Buenos Aires, Cauca; the Indigenous community blames the remnants of former FARC groups.[1]
- 13 March: 2022 Colombian parliamentary election: A broad coalition of leftist and traditional parties win a majority in Congress. Some allegations of fraud and vote-buying are reported, but the results are deemed credible.[2][3]
April-June
- 29 May: First round of the 2022 Colombian presidential election: No candidate receives an outright majority.[3]
- 19 June: Runoff round in the 2022 Colombian presidential election: Gustavo Petro is elected as Colombia’s first leftist president with 50.4% of the vote. Francia Márquez is elected as vice president, becoming the first Afro-Colombian and second woman to hold the post.[1]
- 26 June: 2022 Colombia stadium collapse: A wooden spectator stand collapses during a bullfight in El Espinal, killing six people and injuring 322 others.[4]
- 28 June: Tuluá prison riot: A prison riot and fire at the Tuluá prison in Valle del Cauca kills at least 52 people and injures 34.[5]
July-September
- 2 September: 2022 Huila attack: A bomb attack in San Luis kills seven police officers and injures one; FARC dissidents claim responsibility.[6]
- 26 September: The Colombian-Venezuelan border reopened, as Maduro agrees to participate in peace talks with the ELN.[1]
December
- 5 December: 2022 Risaralda landslide: A landslide in Risaralda Department buries a bus traveling from Cali, killing at least 33 people and critically injuring four others.[7]
Health
Deaths
- 26 July – Juancho Vargas, pianist and composer (b. 1934)[8]
References
- ^ a b c Human Rights Watch (2023-01-12), "Colombia: Events of 2022", Share this via Facebook, retrieved 2025-09-25
- ^ Bocanumenth, Matthew; Puerta Cuartas, Felipe (11 March 2022). "Curules de víctimas en el Congreso pueden promover la paz en Colombia". Washington Office on Latin America (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Colombia: Freedom in the World 2023 Country Report". Freedom House. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
- ^ Pozzebon, Stefano (27 June 2022). "At least 4 dead, hundreds injured after collapse at stadium in Colombia". CNN. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Death toll rises to 52 in southwestern Colombia prison riot". The Local Read. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Colombia: Seven police officers killed following president's push for peace". BBC News. 2022-09-03. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
- ^ Vanessa Buschschlüter (5 December 2022). "Colombia mudslide: Dozens of people die as bus is buried". BBC News.
- ^ María Antonia Giraldo Rojas (2022-07-28), "Medellín despide hoy al maestro Juancho Vargas" [Medellín bids farewell today to maestro Juancho Vargas], El Colombiano (in Spanish), retrieved 2025-05-23