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The Thousand Days War (1899–1902) (Spanish: Guerra de los Mil Días), was a civil armed conflict in the newly created Republic of Colombia, (including its then province of Panama) between the Conservative Party, the Liberal Party and its radical factions. In 1899 the ruling conservatives were accused of maintaining power through fraudulent ...
A group of buses in central Bogotá. The guerra del centavo period was marked by an oversupply of buses throughout the city causing monopolistic competition.. Guerra del centavo (Latin American Spanish pronunciation: [ˈgera ðel senˈtaβo], 'penny war') is the name given to a period in the history of Bogotá, capital city of Colombia, where deregulation of public transport following ...
The War of the Supremes (Spanish: Guerra de los Supremos, also called the Guerra de los Conventos, 'war of the convents') was a civil conflict in Republic of the New Granada (present-day Colombia) from 1839 to 1842 caused by the ambitions of various regional leaders (gamonales) to seize power and depose President José Ignacio de Márquez.
Holding Monex (also known as Monex) was founded as a conglomerate, which now includes Grupo Financiero Monex, Intermex, Sí Vale, and recently acquired Tempus Inc., [3] and Monex Europe. [ 4 ] The group is one of the world's largest providers of commercial foreign exchange, delivering over 5 million annual transactions including international ...
The Special Unit for the Search of Missing Persons in the context and due to the armed conflict (Unidad especial para la búsqueda de personas dadas por desaparecidas en el contexto y en razón del conflicto armado) would be a special high-level unit created following the signature of the final agreement. It would direct and coordinate efforts ...
A General Agreement for the Termination of the Conflict and the Construction of a Stable and Lasting Peace (Acuerdo General para la terminación del conflicto y la construcción de una paz estable y duradera) was signed by representatives of the Colombian government and the FARC on August 26, 2012, in Havana, Cuba. The agreement set a road map ...
In September 1949, Senator Gustavo Jiménez was assassinated mid-session, in Congress. [8]The La Violencia conflict took place between the Military Forces of Colombia and the National Police of Colombia supported by Colombian Conservative Party paramilitary groups on one side, and paramilitary and guerrilla groups aligned with the Colombian Liberal Party and the Colombian Communist Party on ...
One of the most defining moments in the history of Colombian independence occurs in Cartagena in the year 1811. When Bogota created a junta in 1810, elite creole men in Cartagena created their own the following year after expelling the Spanish Governor Francisco De Montes. Cartagena, Colombia. On November 11, 1811, the junta comprised the ...