La Violencia

     Trade patterns in The South Americas included the Andes Mountains. When The Incas controlled the land in the early 15th century, the people generated extensive trade throughout the hundreds of miles north and south linking together a total of 32 million people. With so many mountains and zones to deal with, many products came out of this to trade, including potatoes, maize, chili peppers, squash, beans and others. Trade between these zones of the north and south, were controlled by semi-divine state rulers. In the Yucatan of Central and South America the Mayan people blossomed from 200-900 B.C.E. By the time The Spanish came in the 1520’s the Yucatan

The Colombian culture is formed from the inheritance of the indigenous peoples present in the territory since ancient times, the Spanish traditions adopted during the colonial period and the African Customs incorporated by the slaves that led the conquistadors. This mixture of cultures constitutes a society with traits common to the rest of Latin American countries but, at the same time, very different also. Indeed, even within Colombia's own territory there are many differences between regions and others. Geographic diversity-can be found from tropical beaches to mountains of more than 5,000 meters in height with perpetual snows-and the natural isolation of some areas has led to this diversity. Some of the most important cultural groups according to their location are the so-called cops, located in the Altiplano Cundiboyacense; the countries, settled in Antioquia; The foresters, Settlers of the eastern plains; the Vallunos, settled in the area of Valle del Cauca; the coastal, inhabitants of the Caribbean coast, and the Santander, residents of the departments of Santander and Norte de Santander. All these groups are characterized by showing great cultural differences among themselves, which makes Colombia a fascinating country to know and enter into the day to day of its inhabitants.

The Neolithic, the period in history in which food production became widespread, began around 10,200 B.C, first appearing in Southwest Asia, and lasted until 4000 to 2200 B.C. The cultivation of vegetables and domestication was becoming

On 24 April 1965 the youthful military officers ascended in the Dominican Republic. After four days the United State troops ambushed the nation. It was the essential US military intercession in Latin America in over 30 years. These occasions went on to the main point of everyone's thought somewhat, in reverse Caribbean republic where until 1916 ordinary war and had been the standard, vote based system and honest to government the brief uncommon case. By then the United States attacked, and the eight-year United States occupation orchestrated the one party of Rafael Trujillo, which went from 1930 until his going in May 1961. The nation climbed out of the harm of Trujillo in the midst of a period when the United States was so worried about a

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

Colombia is located in the north of South America. Both oceans surround it; to the west is the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean to the northeast. Colombia also has Panama to the north, Venezuela to the east, Brazil to the southeast and Ecuador and Peru to the south. The capital is Bogota, and it also has important cities such as Cali, Medellin and Barranquilla. The population is around 47 million people in which 7 millions are in Bogota. The main language is Spanish with many ethnic languages across the country. Colombia is independent from Spain since July 20th of 1980

For instance since liberals wanted equality they really pushed for the abolition of slavery and segregation. Also they wanted to limit the power of the Catholic church and that is what really made the conservatives not happy with the liberalists.. As far as these two groups having tension I believe the tension was at a peak in the 19th century but will always be in tact. Both of these groups have completely different ideals on political issues. Also as many new immigrants came in to work on plantations even more religions and cultures were introduced and it created a very diverse Latin America. This diversity made it extremely difficult for nationalism to take place. The nineteenth century was increasingly difficult for the liberal reformers in Latin America due to the Caudillos. With Caudillos in place it made it difficult for either liberalism or conservatism to take place because when there's a dictatorship people are lead by the dictators rather than swayed by the ideals of liberals or conservatives. Caudillos even promised power to those who supported them they were sort of the muscle of the political world at the time in Latin

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

The ELN operate in Columbia additionally, they have ties to Cuba, as well as other Latin American countries. The objective of the ELN is to topple the current Colombian government and establish a communist model (Stanford, 2012). The ELN’s motivation stems primarily from the revolution in Cuba, as well as a large Catholic influence.

As Charles Bergquist observes, "Crises in Colombia tend to generate cycles of violence instead of mutations in the political regime." The reason is simple: regime changes in Colombia tend to produce very little change in anything other than nominal rule. Since Colombia's independence from Spain in the early 19th century, Colombia has seen a series of civil wars and secessions (Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama the last coming rather conveniently at a time when the U.S. was prepared to pay millions for a canal through its nation preparation that later resulted in a multi-million dollar redress to Columbia). Colombia's political history, therefore, has been colored by outside influences pulling on the two dominant liberal and conservative parties, with violent exchanges, and long periods of instability being the consequences. While regime changes have occurred, they have not produced significant improvements. Rather, Colombia in the 20th century has become a nesting ground for paramilitary forces and drug traffickers, with U.S. Central Intelligence operatives contributing heavily to the violent conflict that has risen between regimes. This paper will examine the regime types that preceded the Rojas Pinilla regime in mid-20th century Colombia, analyze their similarities and differences, and discuss the extent to which Rojas Pinilla reached his goals and objectives.

The assassination of Jorge Gaitan in 1948, the Liberal Government political party presidential candidate, instigated a civil war that lasted ten years. This war, called La Violencia,

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.

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.

The narrative of the documentary portrays the idea that the migration was impossible because South America has troublesome terrain and some areas with poor agricultural possibilities, but I will assume that after the ocean currents had taken them to South America, they had to stay and set out in this new land and make the most of it. It is also possible that drastic climate change has affected certain parts of South America, were the land was once agriculturally rich but was later ruined by drought and heat such as in the case of ancient Nubian civilizations and the Sahara desert3, as well as the Moche civilization in South America affected by expanding sand dunes from droughts4 (211). I can also assume that since the Carthaginians had extensive knowledge of the sea and knowledge of trading routes along rivers, when they found the Amazon River cutting through South America, they decided to follow it since cities and trade are often located along regions with healthy agriculture and bodies of water, similar to the trading routes seen in Europe and Africa during that time5. From the Amazon River and archaeological sites found from past cities and civilizations, the documentary begins to discuss elements of objects, architecture, and rock art that are linked to European cultural

Colombia is a Latin American country located in South America that has been ravaged by violence, starvation, and large-scale inequality between higher and lower classes. The chaos in Colombia has been between rebel forces and the government and has lasted for over fifty years. These rebel forces have fought to achieve their Liberalist lead goals of overthrowing the current democratic government of Colombia and replacing it with a communist government. La Violencia was the main contributor to the conflict between the resistance fighters of Colombia and the Colombian government that has brought on violence and terror from the violent actions between the Liberal and Conservative parties in the 1950’s. , which has directly brought on the violence and terror from the guerrilla groups.