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[edit] Background

Events that preceded the conflict.

Year	Date	Event
1899		Thousand Days War, civil war between the two ruling parties Colombian Liberal Party and Colombian Conservative Party,
1902		End of Civil War. Tensions between parties remain.
1928		Banana massacre in the town of Cienaga by the Colombian Army after a workers' strike against the United Fruit Company.
1948		Death of Jorge Eliecer Gaitan triggers El Bogotazo, Liberal and Conservative violence spread as part of La Violencia.
1950s		Marquetalia and other enclaves created by radical Liberal and Communist guerrillas.
1953		General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla seizes power and offers an amnesty to Liberal and Conservative fighters, most of whom demobilize.
1958		The National Front created by the Liberal and Conservative parties, after mutual agreements and a December 1957 plesbicite.
1959		U.S. President Eisenhower sent a survey team to Colombia to investigate the political situation in Colombia. As a result the United States decided to help Colombia in counter-insurgency doctrines.[1]

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[edit] 1960s

Year	Date	Event
1960	January 11	Jacobo Prías aka "Charro Negro", Chief of the Communist Agrarian Movement is killed. The Colombian government is blamed. [2]
1961		Reports of helicopters were being deployed with US instructors accompanying Colombian pilots.[1]
1962		A United States special warfare team, trained in Kennedy’s Counterinsurgency doctrine, and headed by Gen. William Yarborough, was sent to Colombia. Following this cycles of special warfare teams arrived in Colombia between 1962 and 1965 to continue training in counterinsurgency operations[3]
1962		Colombian Army military offensive against Marquetalia fails to eliminate the enclave.
1964		Operation Soberanía (Colombia), launched by the Colombian Army simultaneously with Operation Marquetalia in southern Tolima Department.
1965		Radical Liberal and Communist guerrillas from Marquetalia created the Southern Bloc
1966		Establishment of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) by Jacobo Arenas and Manuel Marulanda, among others.

[edit] 1970s

Year	Date	Event
1971		The FARC began kidnapping as a major source of income.[4]
1976		FARC Kidnaps the Dutch consul in Cali Eric Leupin, demanding a US$1 million dollars in ransom.[4]
1976	October	FARC Dutch consul hostage is released.[4]
1977		FARC Kidnaps a member of the United States Peace Corps.

[edit] 1980s

Year	Date	Event
1980		Dominican embassy siege by 19th of April Movement (M-19)
1985		Palace of Justice siege by 19th of April Movement (M-19)
1985		Patriotic Union Party (UP)

[edit] 1990s

Year	Date	Event
1990		Colombian army launched Operation Centauro against the guerrillas with no significant results.
1991		Operation Casa Verde launched by the Colombian army in an attempt to combat guerrillas concentrated in the area of Uribe, Meta with operations also extending to the region of Yari.
1996	June 16	A confrontation for coca cultivations in Norte de Santander Department between the AUC paramilitaries and the FARC results in La Gabarra Massacre.
1997		Operation Destructor launched by the Colombian army destroying numerous camp sites. According to the army there were 600 guerrilla casualties.
1997		Mapiripán Massacre (1997)
1999		FARC-Government peace process starts
1999		FARC released a hostage held since 1977 (22 years) after a payment of a US$ 250,000 dollar ransom.

[edit] 2000s

Year	Date	Event
2002		Bojayá massacre (2002)
2002		Operation TH launched by the Colombian army to recover the former demilitirized zone after the failed peace proces between the Pastrana government and the FARC guerrilla.
2004		Operation JM launched by the Colombian army, first of operation part of Plan Patriota.
2006		Parapolitica scandal broke out.
2008		A humanitarian exchange of important hostages and the release of 15 important hostages, including three Americans and Ingrid Betancourt.

[edit] See also

• Timeline of Colombian history

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• BBC:Timeline of Colombia
• terrorism knowledge base

v • d • e Colombian Armed Conflict and Solution
Participants in Colombian armed conflict			Timeline	Key aspects
			• Separation of Panama from Colombia • Banana Massacre (1928) • La Violencia (1948-1958) • Marquetalia Republic • The National Front • Dominican embassy (1980) • Palace of Justice (1985) • Patriotic Union Party extermination • Humanitarian exchange • Mapiripán Massacre (1997) • Peace process (1999-2002) • Bojayá massacre (2002) • Valle del Cauca Deputies hostage crisis (2002-Present) • El Nogal Club bombing (2003) • Parapolitics scandal (2006–7) • Operation Emmanuel • Andean diplomatic crisis (2008) • Operation Jaque	Lawsuits  • Sinaltrainal v. Coca-Cola (2001) • Rodriquez v. Drummond (2003) • Doe v. Chiquita (2007)  Kidnappings  • Kidnappings in Colombia • List of political hostages held by FARC  Illegal drug trade  • Illegal drug trade in Colombia • War on Drugs • Narcoterrorism  Government aspects  • Democratic security • Plan Colombia • Plan Patriota • U.S.-Colombia relations • Human rights in Colombia • Politics of Colombia
Guerrillas	Government of Colombia	Paramilitaries
• ELN • FARC-EP • EPL Former guerrillas • M19 • MOEC • CGSB • ERP • Ricardo Franco Front Linked to • PCCC • Foro de São Paulo • Cuban revolutionaries • Provisional IRA • ANNCOL • Fighters + Lovers • Colombian drug cartels • Some politicians	Military of Colombia: National Army Air Force Navy Colombian Naval Infantry National Police Other: DAS intelligence Attorney General units Former government program • CONVIVIR Linked to • DynCorp International • United Nations • United States • European Union	• Águilas Negras Former paramilitaries • AUC • AAA Linked to • Spearhead Ltd • Colombian drug cartels • CONVIVIR • Some Colombian military personnel • Some politicians
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