An Analysis of Regime Change in Colombia

Models for post-revolutionary Latin American government are born of the complex economic and social realities of 17th and 18th century Europe. From the momentum of the Enlightenment came major political rebellions of the elite class against entrenched national monarchies and systems of power. Within this time period of elitist revolt and intensive political restructuring, the fundamental basis for both liberal and conservative ideology was driven deep into Latin American soil. However, as neither ideology sought to fulfill or even recognize the needs or rights of mestizo people under government rule, the initial liberal doctrine pervading Latin American nations perpetuated

From the perspective of Colombia, the Colombian government was desperate for foreign aid and international support. Accordingly, the leadership of Colombia was more than eager to permit the United States to become closely involved in the development of a Colombian public policy initiative, even if they risked losing other potential supporters and garnering international criticism (Carpenter, 2003). Also, the peoples of Colombia themselves were favoring a movement for change after more than

Currently, the president of Colombia is Juan Manuel Santos and the vice president is German Vargas LLeras. Throughout the 20th century, Colombia has had conflicts between paramilitary groups such as Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (F.A.R.C). According to Frank Safford, Colombia has suffered since the emerged of the paramilitary groups. These groups transport illegal drugs within the country and kidnap and extort to stay financially stable. Therefore, these actions encourage intensive violence in society and led the unrest of the country. The politics in Colombia have not been very pleased for the citizens, but every year quieter. Juan Manuel Santos is making programs to reach peace; however the results have not been submitted

One of the most speculative experiences of conquest and dictatorship in the history of Latin America has been the socialist and dictatorial regimes in Chile. Chile has gone through multiple times of dictatorship, lead by the military, and also had lapses of a socialist government. The film “Machuca” by Andres Wood provided an insight of the series of social events in Chile in 1973, ranging from inter personal experiences to political issues and the Chilean nation. “Two dictators, Salvador Allende and Augusto Pinochet, both brought tremendous suffering upon the Chilean people -- one through his socialist policies and nationalization of

Colombia was one of the three unique nations alongside Ecuador and Venezuela that rose up out of the breakdown of Gran Colombia in 1830. In the course of the most recent 40 years, there has been a battle to oust the legislature somewhat in light of the drug exchanges all through Colombia. The development does however need backing from military and backing from the essential impacts. Lately there have been difficulties for control of the regions all through Colombia furthermore for the drug exchange. The Spanish was landed with an expect to assume control and colonization and conveyed slaves alongside them from Africa. In view of these reasons Colombia is perceived as expanded ethnics and social nation where every locale

Drug Trafficking, civil unrest, and kidnapping are commonly associated with Colombia. However, a closer look at the South American Country, which is slightly less than two times the size of Texas, reveals not only a very rich culture that centers on fine arts and language preservation, but also a country that strives for economic progress and effective government. All of which is typically overshadowed by the notorious guerilla warfare and drug cartels.

The Conservatives, also known as Los Conservadores was a historical, political party located in Panama. During the war, both parties were given weapons from other countries, for example: Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua. The Conservatives had modern weapons while the liberals had rusty old weapons. Although they had differences of weapons and politics, the war also stopped a large part of the Colombian Government’s income. One major cause of this was because since the war was going on; they fought on coffee plantations in Colombia and damaged a lot of it. Coffee plantations have always brought Colombia an great amount of income and they damaged a lot of it. Since so much damage was done all around Colombia what little money that the

Much of Latin American historiography that discusses the Cold War Era also briefly touches on the Costa Rican exceptionalism when reviewing the topic of violence, corruption, and dictatorship in many countries in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. However, as the historians that will be discussed in this section show, that it is not entirely accurate. Like, many Latin American nations during the Cold War, Costa Rica faced its period of violence and corruption that culminated in a civil war followed by a period of the junta. It was only after the end of the junta that Costa Rica became an exception to the violence that occurred in the various nations surrounding it. The following scholars are the few that have spent considerable time reviewing the Costa Rican Civil War; Charles D. Ameringer, author of Democracy in Costa

Under the government of the President James Monroe in 1822, U.S opened up relations with Colombia; with a strategical interest for both nations. The agreements were based in expanding commercial relations and strengthen amity. However, U.S relations with Colombia took a different turn as a result of a new era Colombia’s civil war and drug trafficking . The interest of improve the foreign policy and the security of both countries; In order to maintain the U.S relations with Colombia, an analysis of the conflict in Colombia has to be made to protect the U.S national interest.

After 1979 revolution, U.S. supported regime was replaced by a leftist government, which was undesirable among the U.S. officials. Starting from 1981 to 1990, the U.S. was involved in constant attempts to overthrow the Sandinista’s government. This case of covert action, in fact, is considered to be as one of the most intensive and enduring in the U.S. history (Leogrande 1996, 329). Forsythe (1992) in his analysis, qualifies Nicaragua as an elected government that was targeted by the U.S., because of its fear that socialist reforms planned by Sandinistas might have caused a domino effect in Latin America in spreading the communist ideology, which consequently would have threatened the security interests

In Armario Christine’s article about Colombian politics she explains what is happening with the former rebels of that nation. He starts out by talking about the basics, the former rebels are forming a new political party associated with FARC, but then he moves on into the big issue in Colombia, should they let a new party be formed especially with their criminal record. She uses a quote to show that this is an issue in Colombia, it was said by the former peace commissioner Camilo “The fact that a war criminal could become president of Colombia makes no sense”. Mr. Armario uses a very informative tone to get the point and inform America on what is happening in Colombia, he also integrates some informal language to help Americans to understand

Though most media outlets claim that the Colombian civil war began 52 years ago, the reality is that Colombia has remained in a state of constant war and violent outbursts for the past 500 years- since gaining its independence from Spain. Because violence has been a constant in the Colombian territories, and therefore, in the daily lives of many of its citizens, it is complex set of circumstances to begin analyzing, and even more difficult to identify a moment in which it all began, as well as to imagine and identify measures that will allow for lasting justice and peace.

Marxist theory dictates that the accumulation of wealth at one side is the accumulation of misery and agony on the opposite side. The theory also claims that society is systematically prone to conflict between classes and the more economic freedom there is the more economic inequalities there are in society. The country of Colombia is a country that is known to have a significant socioeconomic inequality between its citizens. The guerrilla military units involved in the Colombian conflict believed there should be a revolution in the country in order to get rid of the capitalist government and both the FARC and ENL were strongly against the privatization of the country’s natural resources. Marxism believes capitalism nurtures a never-ending

Individuals and parties sought and found reconciliation with institutions that marked a new way of political peace. The new political and economic institutions channeled economic growth in Colombia during the twentieth century. As it was discussed previously, monetary and fiscal policies during most of the new century were marked by prudence, creating an adequate macroeconomic balance to sustain that growth.

I was a stranger in a foreign country and I was surrounded by numerous people known to have killed in the past. This is how I spent many afternoons during the summer of 2014. That year, I traveled to a city called Cartagena in the South American country of Colombia. At this time, I had big plans of studying law and getting involved in politics. I was involved in a joint program between my undergraduate university and the University of Cartagena, which is where I was introduced to Professor Germán Ruiz. Professor Ruiz worked in the university’s global and public policy office and I was offered an internship with him. I assumed I would be learning about Colombia’s political system and policies but I was surprisingly mistaken. The first day of my internship was the day Professor Ruiz told me about Bonché.