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A Brief History
• Independence 1813
• Formation of Greater Colombia
• Two Political Parties, Conservatives and Liberals
• War of a Thousand Days (1899-1902) 100,000 Dead
• La Violencia (1946-1957) 300,000 Dead
Andres Pastrana
• Elected on August 7th 1998
• FARC and ELN grew in strength
• Plan Colombia
Alvaro Uribe
• August 7th 2002
• Harvard and Oxford educated Lawyer
• 56% vote
• Democratic Security and Defense Policy
Guerillas
M-19
Movimiento 19 de Abril. Named after the fraudulent elections in 1970.
Guerillas
ELN
Ejercito de Liberacion National
5,000 members
Guerillas
A Marxist FARC-EP Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias De Colombia – Ejercito
del Pueblo
18,000 members
40% of Colombian land
Classified as a Terrorist group by U.S.A and European Union.
Bogotá
Athens of Latin America
Established 1549
9,000 ft.
8,000,000 pop.
Vines center B?
Leticia and Tabatinga (Brasil)
Southern most point of Colombia
Leticia and Tabatinga(Brasil)
100,000 + people combined
Yagua
Ticuna
Shipibo
Huitoto
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