Colombian Presidential Candidates Are Killed
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History
- Subcategories: Murder, Homicide, Execution, Assassination, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots, Human Rights, Violence
- Curriculum: Latin American History
- Geographical Location: Colombia
- Date: 1989-1990
Article abstract: The assassination of Colombia’s leading presidential candidate revealed a society increasingly at risk as it faced the violence of drug lords, paramilitary groups, leftist guerrillas, and common criminals.
Summary of Event
Violence, kidnapping, banditry, bloodletting, revolts, partisan conflicts, and civil wars are all familiar in Colombia, where the geographic complexity of three mountain ranges formed the basis for the development of dissimilar economies and conflicting traditions. The resulting regional and ethnic diversity made it...
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