Colombian Conflicts

Colombia

• Located on Northwestern coast of South America.

• Middle power of South America

Two surviving political parties in the country

Conservative Party

• Founded in 1948

Liberal Party

• Founded in 1949

“La Violencia”• Took place between

1940s and 1950s

• Ten years of sustained warfare

• Death toll at 250.000 – 300.000

• “National Front”

Jorge Eliecer Gaitán (1903 – 1948)

Guerrilla Groups

• Revolutionary Armed Forces of

Colombia

• National Liberation Army of

Colombia

Guerrilla Groups

• Formed by Dumar Aljure in 1964

• Mission to overthrow the Colombian government

• 8.000 fighters approximately

• Revolutionary Armed Forces of

Colombia

• Both forces are involved in criminal activities

• Kidnapping – extortion – bombing – murders and hijacking

• New dimension to the problem of narco-trafficking

Guerrillas and Paramilitary groups

Colombia and USA’s Alliance

Armed conflict in Colombia

Has gone through various phases