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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 ...
Both groups were founded in the 1960s after a period of political violence known as La Violencia. [10] During La Violencia, a civil war that took place between 1948-1964, 2 million people fled from violence. [11] La Violencia played a major role in the formation of insurgent groups in Colombia. [11]
Much of the background of Colombian conflict is rooted in La Violencia, a conflict in which liberal and leftist parties united against the dictator of Colombia, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. Colombia at the time was a banana republic, dominated by foreign monopolies, specifically, the United Fruit Company. [citation needed]
The railway line of Colombia's largest coal mine, Cerrejón, was attacked with explosives that caused the suspension of trains without affecting production or exports. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] 13 February – A dead policeman, identified as mayor Jorge Sáenz Animero, and three civilians injured, is the result of an attack perpetrated by armed men in the ...
La Violencia (Spanish pronunciation: [la βjoˈlensja], The Violence) is a period of civil conflict in the Colombian countryside between supporters of the Colombian Liberal Party and the Colombian Conservative Party, a conflict which took place roughly from 1948 to 1958 (sources vary on the exact dates).
During La Violencia, the CIA dispatched a special survey team to research and document the issue of violence in Colombia. [1] [2] As a result of the survey, the Kennedy Administration established a dual policy of Military and Socioeconomic assistance as part of the broader Alliance for Progress program in Latin America.
Núñez was re-elected in 1884 with the support of the Conservative Party, and began the process known as the Regeneration (Spanish: La Regeneración), in which a new constitution was written. The modern Republic of Colombia was founded with a centralized and protectionist government, and an education system managed by the Catholic Church. [12]
"Impactos socioespaciales de la violencia en Colombia: análisis de la distribución, localización y evolución de los grupos paramilitares en Medellín y Montería del 2002 al 2008". Razón Crítica (3). doi: 10.21789/25007807.1241. Rozema, Ralph (2007). "Paramilitares y violencia urbana en Medellín, Colombia". Foro Internacional.