La Violencia

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La Violencia was a brutal mid-20th-century civil conflict in Colombia marked by widespread partisan violence between Liberal and Conservative factions, resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths and profound social upheaval.

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La Violencia canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil conflict ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
political violence ⓘ
affectedRegion Andean region of Colombia ⓘ
Antioquia Department ⓘ
Colombian countryside ⓘ
Santander Department ⓘ
Tolima Department ⓘ
Valle del Cauca Department ⓘ
cause assassination of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán ⓘ
characterizedBy forced displacement ⓘ
massacres ⓘ
paramilitary activity ⓘ
political persecution ⓘ
rural violence ⓘ
state repression ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
deathTollEstimate 200000 ⓘ
300000 ⓘ
400000 ⓘ
endDate 1958 ⓘ
endedBy National Front power-sharing agreement ⓘ
followedBy National Front (Colombia) ⓘ
historicalSignificance major turning point in modern Colombian history ⓘ
one of the deadliest conflicts in Latin America in the 20th century ⓘ
involvedActor Colombian army ⓘ
Colombian police ⓘ
local political bosses (gamonales) ⓘ
partisan militias ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
literalMeaningOfName The Violence ⓘ
locatedIn Colombia ⓘ
longTermConsequence deepening social inequality ⓘ
emergence of leftist guerrilla groups in Colombia ⓘ
growth of rural banditry ⓘ
weakening of state authority in rural areas ⓘ
natureOfConflict partisan violence ⓘ
politicalContext Liberal–Conservative rivalry ⓘ
precededBy period of Conservative hegemony in Colombia ⓘ
primaryBelligerent Colombian Conservative Party ⓘ
Colombian Liberal Party ⓘ
relatedEvent Bogotazo ⓘ
result National Front coalition government ⓘ
entrenchment of bipartisan political system ⓘ
large-scale internal displacement ⓘ
startDate 1948-04-09 ⓘ
timePeriod mid-20th century ⓘ

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