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Colombia. Timeline. 1830 Consolidation of current territory 1830-1900s partisan civil wars, coalitions and constitutions 1886 Conservative, centralist constitution is written (remains in force until 1991) 1946-1957 La Violencia 1953-1957 Military regime of General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
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Timeline 1830 Consolidation of current territory 1830-1900s partisan civil wars, coalitions and constitutions 1886 Conservative, centralist constitution is written (remains in force until 1991) 1946-1957La Violencia 1953-1957 Military regime of General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla 1957-1958 Military junta oversees transition from Rojas to the National Front
Timeline 1958-1974 The National Front Era Also period of time during which partisan fighting evolves into guerrilla warfare (FARC, ELN, EPL, M-19) 1974-1991 Post-Front/Constitutional Democracy and Guerrilla war 1970s/1980s Drugs become a major source of conflict 1991-present 1991 National Constituent Assembly writes new constitution 2003: Electoral Reform Re-election allowed also
Democratic Development Oligarchic Democracy Clientelism Importance of Political Parties Importance of Constitutions
Violence The Violence of consolidation Partisan Violence Guerrilla Violence Drug Violence
Figure 2.1: Colombian Murder Rate, 1946-2005[i] [i] 1946-1999 figures from Brauer, et al., 2004:15-16. 2000-2004 figures Forensis 2004:51. 2005 figure, Forsensis 2005:2.
[i] Note: “Primero Colombia” (“Colombia First”) was a slogan used on the ballot, rather than a party label in the sense that it was only used for this election by one candidate (not unlike the way Andrés Pastrana used the space for a party label on the 1994 and 1998 presidential ballots).
Violence (Actors) Guerrillas Narcotraffickers Paramilitary Groups