The Colombian Government and ELN in early 2001 continued discussions aimed at opening a formal peace process.

Although the Colombian Government ratified the 1988 UN Convention on Narcotics in 1994 — the last of the Andean governments to do so — it took important reservations, notably to the anti-money-laundering measures, asset forfeiture and confiscation provisions, maritime interdiction, and extradition clauses.

In 1948 the Colombian Government hosted the IX Pan-American Conference to establish the Marshall plan for the Americas.

On 2 July 2008, under a Colombian military operation called Operation Jaque, the FARC-EP was tricked by the Colombian Government into releasing 15 captives to Colombian Intelligence agents disguised as journalists and international aid workers in a helicopter rescue.

Colombian Constitution of 1991 Article 115: States that the National Government is formed by the President of Colombia, the Vice President of Colombia, the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Colombia and the Directors of the Administrative Departments of Colombia.

The ELN guerrillas survived the heavy combats of the Colombian Army ’ s Operation Anorí ( 1973 – 74 ), and then reconstituted their forces, with partial assistance from the Colombian Government of President Alfonso López Michelsen ( 1974 – 78 ), who allowed the ELN to break from and escape encirclement by the Colombian National Army.

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As the unit's experience grew, and its rate of success increased, in 2003 the Colombian Government decided to establish other units assigned to main cities across the nation.

The Government responded by sending in the Military to quell the protests and arrest the labour workers accused of instigating the strike, what happened next is known as the banana massacre where an undetermined number of people were killed by the Colombian Army ; this event was recounted by Gabriel García Márquez in his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude.

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They then expelled the town's Colombian officials and demanded the support of the Peruvian Government.

The Government equipped the company with one C-54, two C-47, two Beaver L-20 aircraft, and later added two PBY Catalina amphibious aircraft, property of the Rotatory Fund of the Colombian Air Force.

His talent as public speaker brought him to represent Panama's interests before the Colombian Government.

From 1991 to 1994, during the administration of President César Gaviria, Moreno worked in the Colombian Government in a variety of leadership positions.

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Notable escapes and raids include: Fernando Araújo, who was later named Minister of Foreign Relations and formerly Development Minister, and who escaped his captors on December 31, 2006 ; the escape of Colombian Conservative Party congressman Óscar Tulio Lizcano, on October 26, 2008 ; a July 2, 2008 Colombian military operation called Operation Jaque, where the FARC-EP was tricked by the Colombian Government into releasing 15 hostages to Colombian Intelligence agents disguised as journalists and international aid workers in a helicopter rescue ; the June 13, 2010 raid which released Police Colonel Luis Herlindo Mendieta Ovalle, Police Captain Enrique Murillo Sanchez, Police Lieutenante William Donato Gomez and Army Staff Sargeant Arbey Delgado Argote.

The Colombian Government had given them approximately 9 hours to leave the country by any means necessary.

The Colombian Army's assault on the FARC's Casa Verde sanctuary at La Uribe, Meta, followed by a FARC offensive that sought to undermine the deliberations of the Constitutional Assembly, began to highlight a significant break in the uneven negotiations carried over from the previous decade.

The UP sought political reforms ( known as Apertura Democratica ) such as constitutional reform, more democratic local elections, political decentralization, and ending the domination of Colombian politics by the Liberal and Conservative parties.

Between 1930 and 1932, three wealthy families in the metropolitan area of Medellin, began with the idea of providing the city with an airport, as they were part of the Colombian Air Navigation Company which sought to carry passengers and mail from the city of Medellin to Puerto Berrio, then along the Magdalena River and ultimately connect the cities of Medellin and Bogotá.

For example, Gillespie served as the interim Chargé d ' Affaires during the 1983 United States Invasion of Grenada as well as in Colombia from 1985 until 1988, when the government sought to crack down on the Illegal drug trade in Colombia and the Colombian drug cartels.

The UP sought political reforms ( known as Apertura Democratica ) such as constitutional reform, more democratic local elections, political decentralization, and ending the domination of Colombian politics by the Liberal and Conservative parties.

The Colombian military had information indicating that there could be captives in the area and initiated Operation Jupiter in October 2011, using a 56 men Special Forces unit to carry out surveillance for preparing a future rescue mission that would involve additional troops and air support.

70 of those deaths were in Colombia, while an additional 260 Colombian workers received death threats.

Other issues with Venezuela include the presence of illegal undocumented Colombians in Venezuela, and activities of Colombian narcotics traffickers, and Venezuela's support for the Guerrillas in Colombia.

The donations were intended to support operations countering drug-smuggling and guerilla activity along its Colombian border.

He did not have the leadership skills nor the support of the Colombian drug-provisioners.

The vaccine against malaria was developed at the Colombian Institute of Immunology with the support of private companies and academic institutions.

The party's crisis has many reasons different from President Uribe's election and subsequent re-election, but the evident divide among the leadership has greatly diminished the support to the Colombian party, which was previously the most popular in the country.

The region started developing quickly due to political support from the former president Alfonso López Michelsen, first governor of the Department of Cesar's and the Colombian Liberal Party.

Between 1999-2009 Manta Air Base was used by U. S. air forces to support anti-narcotics military operations and surveillance flights against Colombian drug trafficking cartels.

During his second term as president ( 1861 – 1863 ), Mosquera enacted a number of decrees aimed to control the power of Catholic Church, selling a lot of its properties-to impulse the economy giving them to the poor Colombian people -, and banning Jesuits from the country for their open support for the Conservative faction.

However, papers like the Colombian Centinel took the extra steps to support the revolution, in the sense that it was in fact one based on the foundations of the American Revolution.

The Colombian Coffee Federation has created and promoted various enterprises to further support and provide adequate service to the coffee growers.

Among the information that was later released regarding the kidnapping of Miss Cubas, was the fact that the kidnappers had received training and support from the Colombian armed group FARC ( Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia ); the support of this group came via the " foreign minister " of the FARC, Rodrigo Granda.

Due to their violent warfare that left more than 1, 000 people dead between 2003 and 2004, the Colombian government with support of the Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ), FBI, and U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have pursued the cartel heavily for over four years.

Mark Bowden's book Killing Pablo ( ISBN 0-14-200095-7 ) highlights some of the operations of Los Pepes and describes some of the forms of cooperation and support that the group allegedly received from members of the Colombian National Police.

In Colombia, Arenas claims that the offensive against Marquetalia was designed with assistance from the Pentagon and alleges that some 16, 000 Colombian Army troops, with the support of military helicopters and airplanes, took part in the operation ( the terms used in the book are: 16, 000 " Bloodhounds " commanded by the Pentagon " Hawks ").

Part of the resources provided by this initiative would be directed to the support of the Colombian Army by strengthening its combat and logistics capabilities.

It's part of the Colombian Army Cavalry Corps and its main mission is to support the army's ground operations.

The group answered only to representatives of the Colombian Communist Party, which provided political cadres, recruits and small donations as support.

This is further complicated by the coca eradication efforts of the Colombian government that involve US support and have led to the declaration of the FARC being a terrorist organization by the United States government and the European Union.

A few 60 mm and 81 mm mortars, some of them captured from Colombian Army personnel, were also effectively used by the FARC to support attacks on Colombian military and Police bases between 1996 and 1998, as well as during smaller scale operations leading up to the year 2000.