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Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900-1975) was a Colombian general and dictator-president. Though he interrupted briefly Colombia's civil war, his rule ultimately became an oppressive regime of terror. Gustavo Rojas was born in ancient Tunja on March 12, 1900. After receiving... Read more |
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Bolivar
Bolívar, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, USA, Venezuela A department in Colombia, a province in Ecuador, a state and mountain in Venezuela, towns in the other countries; and a mountain in Oregon, USA. All are named after Simón Bolívar (1783–1830), the national hero of... Read more |
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Rafael Reyes
Rafael Reyes Colombian military and political leader Rafael Reyes (1850-1920) assumed the presidency following a disastrous civil war and established an absolutist regime which contributed to recovery from the excesses of the fighting. Born in Santa Rosa, Rafael Reyes grew into a vigorous... Read more |
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Leticia
Leticia , town (1993 pop. 17,758), capital of Amazonas commissary, SE Colombia, on the upper Amazon. The Leticia region, a narrow strip of land extending S of the Putumayo River to the Amazon, was disputed, at times violently, between Colombia and Peru (1932-34). The region was awarded to Colombia... Read more |
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Organization of American States
Organization of American States (OAS), international organization, created Apr. 30, 1948, at Bogotá, Colombia, by agreement of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama,... Read more |
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Villavicencio
Villavicencio , city (1993 pop. 219,976), capital of Meta dept., central Colombia, on the Meta River. Located in the eastern foothills of the Andes, it is the chief urban center of the llanos and forests of E Colombia. Coffee, bananas, rice, beer, and soap are the main products of the region. The... Read more |
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Colombia
Colombia , officially Republic of Colombia, republic (2005 est. pop. 42,954,000), 439,735 sq mi (1,138,914 sq km), NW South America. Bogotá is the capital and largest city. The only South American country with both a Caribbean and a Pacific coastline, Colombia is bounded on the northwest by... Read more |
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Jorge Isaacs
Jorge Isaacs Jorge Isaacs (1837-1895) was Colombia's greatest 19th-century novelist. He also was politically active and one of Colombia's first cultural anthropologists. Jorge Isaacs was born, probably in the city of Cali, on April 1, 1837, the son of a converted English Jew, George Henry... Read more |
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cinchona
cinchona or chinchona , name for species of the genus Cinchona, evergreen trees of the madder family native to the Andean highlands from Bolivia to Colombia and also to some mountainous regions of Panama and Costa Rica. The trees are now cultivated elsewhere for "Peruvian bark," the... Read more |
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William Duane
William Duane 1760-1835, American journalist, b. near Lake Champlain, N.Y., of Irish parentage. He learned the printer's trade in Ireland and in 1787 went to Calcutta (now Kolkata), where he edited the Indian World. His attacks on the local government there brought about his deportation and the... Read more |
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Innocent victims of a drug war Several Indian groups face extinction as...
...victims of a drug war Several Indian...face extinction as militias fight for Colombia's landByline...NEWSNUNCIDO, Colombia: -- The gunmen...rivers of western Colombia, a new breed of...s long war: peasants, ... |
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Town grieves for first peasant soldiers killed in Colombia's war
...CARMEN DE APICALA, Colombia Mournful relatives...townspeople buried three "peasant soldiers" Tuesday...members of a new militia the government formed to bolster its war against a ruinous...fielded some 15,000 "peasant soldiers," who...One ... |
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Suspected right-wing fighters massacre peasant farmer and his three sons in...
...fighters killed a peasant farmer and his sons...Defense Forces of Colombia, or AUC, on Sunday...rights commission in Colombia on Monday demanded...to Sunday's "war crime."AUC officials...available for comment.Colombia's outlawed ... |
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Rightist Colombian militia massacres 11 peasants
...1998 BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) _ Rightist...victims killed 11 peasants and kidnapped 13...The rightist militias are accused by...abuses committed in Colombia's civil war. Hoping to spur...expected soon with Colombia's largest ... |
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Colombia Town Buries 'Peasant Soldiers'
...CARMEN DE APICALA, Colombia [image omitted...townspeople buried three "peasant soldiers" Tuesday...members of a new militia the government formed to bolster its war against a ruinous...One confronted Colombia's army commander...southwest of ... |
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Suspected leftist rebels massacre nine peasant farmers in Colombia
...massacred nine peasants before setting...carried out by Colombia's largest rebel...Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. He...with paramilitary militias for control of...further information.Colombia's civil war pits the FARC ... |
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Commission to investigate reports of 13 peasants killed in southwestern Colombia
...village in southwestern Colombia Thursday to investigate...massacred at least 13 peasants there, a human rights...long-simmering war, though rebels are...information," he said.Colombia is torn by a four-decade civil war that pits the ... |
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Militia disarmament dividing Colombia
MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) - Hundreds of right-wing militia fighters surrendered...finally ending Colombia's four- decade war. But Wende Gozan...around Medellin - Colombia's second-largest...have massacred peasants accused of ... |
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COLOMBIA: INDIAN COMMUNITY REFUSES TO JOIN INFORMER NETWORK
...000 farmers as peasant militia runs counter...civilian informants or militia contravenes the...neutrality that Colombia's indigenous communities...conflict. Indians and peasant farmers in the region...communities and ... |
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Militia Fighters Disarm in Colombia
...Defense Forces of Colombia layed down their...of right-wing militia fighters surrendered...finally ending Colombia's four-decade war. But Wende Gozan...around Medellin _ Colombia's second-largest...have massacred peasants ... |
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