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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 ...
During the Spanish American wars of independence, the United States was officially neutral but permitted Spanish American agents to obtain weapons and supplies.With the reception of Manuel Torres in 1821, Colombia became the first "former" Spanish colony recognized by the United States, and the United States was the second government (after the Kingdom of Brazil) to recognize an independent ...
2018. 5 January – Two encounters happened in southwestern Colombia, leaving at least 7 people killed. During the incident a rebel leader was shot dead. [ 10 ][ 11 ] 10 January – A Colombian soldier was shot dead by an ELN sniper in the department of Arauca. [ 12 ] 13 January – Militants of the ELN kidnapped a contractor of Ecopetrolun in ...
The Colombian Civil War of 1884-1885 was a conflict that took place in the United States of Colombia (present-day Colombia and Panama). It was the result of the reaction of the Radical faction of the Colombian Liberal Party, which did not agree with the Centralist Regeneration policy of President Rafael Núñez, a moderate Liberal who was supported by the Colombian Conservative Party.
List of wars involving Colombia. This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Colombia and its predecessor states from Pre-Hispanic times to the present day. The Muisca people of Bacatá defeat the army from the Muisca people of Hunza. The rulers of both sides die in the battle. North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled.
Panama seceded in 1903 from Colombia, and comprises the yellow area in the Central American isthmus. The separation of Panama from Colombia was formalized on 3 November 1903, with the establishment of the Republic of Panama. From the Independence of Panama from Spain in 1821, Panama had simultaneously declared independence from Spain and joined ...
Colombian armed conflict (1960s - present) In the period from 1960 until the 1990s we can distinguish two generations of guerrilla struggles. The first generation is from 1964 until the mid 70s. The main guerrilla movements in this generation are the FARC, ELN and the EPL. [5] The second generation is from 1974 until 1982.
Colombian War of Independence. From left to right and top to bottom: Battle of Calibío, Battle of Juanambú, Battle of the Palo River, Siege of Cartagena (1815), Battle of Boyacá and Congress of Cúcuta. The Colombian War of Independence began on July 20, 1810 when the Junta de Santa Fe was formed in Santa Fe de Bogota, the capital of the ...