2015 in Colombia
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Incumbents
Events
January
- 10 January – Reinado Internacional del Café 2015.
- 25 January – Miss Colombia 2013 Paulina Vega is crowned Miss Universe 2014.[1]
February
- 22 February – The 2015 Pan American Cross Country Cup is held in Barranquilla.
March
- 10 March – 2015 Santander earthquake.
April
- 12 April – The Attorney General announces that there are 22 open investigations against Army generals concerning false positive killings during an event honoring its victims.[2]
May
- 18 May – 2015 Colombian landslide.
June
- 18-22 June – The 2015 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships are held in Cali.
July
- 15-19 July – The 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics are held in Cali.
August
- 2-15 August – 2015 Vuelta a Colombia.
- 4 August – 2015 Colombia helicopter crash.
- 19 August – 2015 Colombia–Venezuela migrant crisis: 3 Venezuelan soldiers are injured from gunfire on the border with Venezuela.
- 20 August – 2015 Colombia–Venezuela migrant crisis: Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro declares a state of emergency.
September
- 12 September– 2015 Colombia–Venezuela migrant crisis: Both Colombia and Venezuela send moving troops and armored vehicles to their shared border.
October
- 25 October – 2015 Colombian regional and municipal elections
November
- 16 November – Miss Colombia 2015.
December
- 22 December – Medical marijuana is legalized.[3]
Deaths
- 18 November – Calixto Ochoa, 81, accordionist and songwriter[4]
