Colombian pesos ( COP ) per US dollar-2, 243. 6 ( 2008 ), 2, 013. 8 ( 2007 ), 2, 358. 6 ( 2006 ), 2, 320. 75 ( 2005 ), 2, 628. 61 ( 2004 )

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa withdrew his government's ambassador in Bogotá, Colombia, and ordered troops to the country's border following a Colombian raid against leftist rebels inside Ecuador March 2, 2008.

The Colombian director of national police claimed three captured computers from the deceased FARC rebel leader Raúl Reyes document " tremendously revealing " and " very grave " links between Ecuador and Colombian rebels. March 2, 2008.

Ecuador's president Rafael Correa said March 3, 2008 that a deal to release political prisoners — including former Colombian Sen. Ingrid Betancourt -- was nearly complete before the March 1, 2008 Colombian raid into his country.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez on March 5, 2008 called the announced movement of Colombian forces in Ecuador a " war crime ," and joined Ecuador's president Rafael Correa in demanding international condemnation of the cross-border attack.

The presidents of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador March 7, 2008 signed a declaration to end a crisis sparked when Colombian troops killed a rebel leader and 21 others inside Ecuadoran territory ( 2008 Andean diplomatic crisis ).

* 1935 – Alfonso López Trujillo, Colombian Cardinal Bishop ( d. 2008 )

Betancourt was rescued by the Colombian government on 2 July 2008 ( see Operation Jaque below ).

On 1 March 2008, the Colombian military attacked a FARC-EP camp inside Ecuador's territory as part of a targeted killing directed at Raúl Reyes.

His death would be kept a secret, until Colombian magazine, Revista Semana, published an interview with Colombian defense minister Juan Manuel Santos on 24 May 2008 in which Santos mentions the death of Manuel Marulanda Vélez.

On 2 July 2008, under a Colombian military operation called Operation Jaque, the FARC-EP was tricked by the Colombian Government into releasing 15 captives to Colombian Intelligence agents disguised as journalists and international aid workers in a helicopter rescue.

He became the 22nd Colombian political hostage to gain freedom during 2008.

According to the Colombian government, FARC-EP had an estimated 6, 000 – 8, 000 members in 2008, down from 16, 000 in 2001, having lost much of their fighting force since President Álvaro Uribe took office in 2002.

The " international spokesman " of the organization was represented by " Raul Reyes ", who was killed in a Colombian army raid against a guerrilla camp in Ecuador on 1 March 2008.

* Colombian — Botero, Fernando: Pierrot ( 2007 ), Pierrot lunaire ( 2007 ), Blue Pierrot ( 2007 ), White Pierrot ( 2008 ).

In 2008, the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers reported that the Colombian government's security forces did not officially recruit children.

The share in TAMPA was sold in February 2008 to Avianca, a Colombian company.

Following French President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit in 2008, relations have improved.

On September 25, 2008, President George W. Bush signed into law the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 ( ADAAA ).

* 2008 – President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigns due to the threat of impeachment.

On 4 January 2008, Dr. Gail Dinter-Gottlieb decided to step down as President and Vice Chancellor of the University before her term expired.

* Tom Herman ( Acting President ), 2008 – 2009

Gianfranco Fini was the leader of the party since its foundation in 1995, however he stepped down in 2008 after being elected to the nominally non-partisan post of President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and was succeeded by Ignazio La Russa, who managed to merge the party into The People of Freedom ( PdL ).

In April 2008, Vice President Lt. Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama ( Ian Khama ), son of Seretse Khama the first president, succeeded to the presidency when Festus Mogae retired.

This version of the script logo has been on the front of the away jerseys since 2001 and the home ones since 2004. The Orioles began the 2008 season in a rebuilding mode under President of Baseball Operations Andy MacPhail.

In a letter dated 18 February 2008, Castro announced that he would not accept the positions of president and commander in chief at the 24 February 2008 National Assembly meetings, saying " I will not aspire nor accept — I repeat I will not aspire or accept — the post of President of the Council of State and Commander in Chief.

President James Wright announced his retirement in February 2008 and was replaced by Harvard University professor and physician Jim Yong Kim on July 1, 2009.

In his 2008 election campaign, President Barack Obama advocated a full repeal of the laws barring homosexuals from serving in the military.

* 2008 – President George W. Bush makes his fourth and final ( planned ) trip to Iraq as president and is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a news conference in Baghdad.

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* 2008 – Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after nearly fifty years.

* 2008 – Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta.

In 2008, a Pakistani religious leader issued a fatwā on President Asif Ali Zardari for " indecent gestures " toward Sarah Palin, U. S. Vice Presidential candidate.

President Saakashvili rejected all demands that he resign his position, but announced early presidential elections to be held in January 2008, effectively cutting his term in office by a year.

In the early hours of 23 December 2008, Aboubacar Somparé, the President of the National Assembly, announced on television that Conté had died at 6: 45pm local time on 22 December " after a long illness ", without specifying the cause of death.

Since the 2008 Guinean coup d ' état, the head of state has been Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, an army officer and President of the National Council for Democracy and Development.

On 5 May 2009, President Moussa Dadis Camara, who seized power in a bloodless coup which followed the 22 December 2008 death of President Lansana Conté, announced the recall of 30 of Guinea's ambassadors to other countries.

In 2008, Igor Garafulic replaced Álvaro Erazo as the region's intendant.

Former President of Colombia ( 2002 – 2010 ) Álvaro Uribe attended in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2009.

Álvaro Colom Caballeros ( born 15 June 1951 ) is a Guatemalan politician who was the President of Guatemala from 2008 to 2012, as well as leader of the social-democratic National Unity of Hope ( UNE ).

In July 2008, PCV earned a public rebuke from President Chávez for its decision to hold street protests against the visit of conservative Colombian President Álvaro Uribe.

On January 14, 2008, Álvaro Colom was inaugurated as the President of Guatemala.

On the summer transfer window of 2008, the club signed Uruguay national team members Álvaro Recoba and Fabián Estoyanoff, but shortly after Lienen resigned by mutual consent on November 11, 2008, reason being disagreement with the Panionio's board.