1. Colombian Conflicts

2. Colombia
• Located on
Northwestern
coast of South
America.
• Middle power of
South America

3. Two surviving political parties in the country
Conservative Party
• Founded in 1948
Liberal Party
• Founded in 1949

4. “La Violencia”
• Took place between
1940s and 1950s
• Ten years of sustained
warfare
• Death toll at 250.000 –
300.000
• “National Front”
Jorge Eliecer Gaitán
(1903 – 1948)

5. Guerrilla Groups
• Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia
• National Liberation
Army of Colombia

6. Guerrilla Groups
• Formed by Dumar
Aljure in 1964
• Mission to overthrow
the Colombian
government
• 8.000 fighters
approximately• Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia

7. • Both forces are involved in
criminal activities
• Kidnapping – extortion –
bombing – murders and
hijacking
• New dimension to the problem
of narco-trafficking
Guerrillas and
Paramilitary groups

8. Colombia and USA’s Alliance

9. Armed
conflict in
Colombia
Has gone through
various phases