Colombian Guerrilla War
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History, Terrorism
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots, Violence
- Curriculum: Latin American History
- Geographical Location: Colombia
- Date: Beginning in 1976
Article abstract: At issue: Control of left-wing guerrilla groups. Result: Stalemate between guerrillas and government; generalized violence.
Background
In July, 1957, Colombia’s Liberal leader Alberto Lleras Camargo met Conservative leader Laureano Eleuterio Gómez and signed an agreement creating a National Front coalition. This coalition, which provided a monopoly of shared power for sixteen years by the two parties, is generally regarded as marking the end of the Violencia, a conflict estimated to have resulted in between 200,000 and 300,000 lives...
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