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Laura Acosta and Nicolás Torres-Echeverry Colombia is an “orangutan in cutaway,” a stable democracy in perpetual violence, a paradox, many say (Bushnell 1993; Gutiérrez 2014). It is a country that has had one of the oldest electoral democracies in the world and yet it is marked by cycles of violence that reproduce one another. In the mid-twentieth century, the country fought a civil war ...
May 1, 2023 · 4.1 Presidents of the National Front. 5 Aftermath. 6 See also. 7 References. Toggle the table of contents. Toggle the table of contents. National Front (Colombia) ...
The Colombian conflict ( Spanish: Conflicto armado interno de Colombia, lit. 'Colombian internal armed conflict') began on May 27, 1964, and is a low-intensity asymmetric war between the government of Colombia, far-right paramilitary groups and crime syndicates, and far-left guerrilla groups, fighting each other to increase their influence in ...
Oct 22, 2023 · The power of Colombia’s elites is founded upon one of the most unequal divisions of land in the world. As of the early 21st century, one percent of landowners own more than half the country’s agricultural land. 1 Under Spanish rule, Colombia’s agriculture was organized on the hacienda system, in which “landless peasants” worked, often ...
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was founded in 1964. FARC was the military wing of Colombia’s Communist Party and the founders were small farmers and rural workers. Other guerrilla groups emerged during this time such as the ELN (National Liberation Army) in 1964 and M-19 in 1970.
Feb 14, 2023 · 1948-57 - "La Violencia": Civil war between the Liberals and Conservatives kills some 250,000-300,000 people before being ended when the two parties form the National Front coalition.
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