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Colombian Agrarian Reform of 1961

The Colombian Agrarian Reform of 1961, established by Law 135, created the INCORA agency to redistribute rural land, remaining Colombia's framework agrarian statute until 1994.

Colombian banking crisis (1998–2000)

The Colombian banking crisis of 1998–2000 was a systemic financial crisis that forced the state fund FOGAFIN to rescue many banks at a cost of USD 3.6 billion.

Colombian Civil War (1860–1862)

The Colombian Civil War of 1860 to 1862, also called the War of the Sovereignties, ended in victory for the radical Liberals and General Mosquera, creating the United States of Colombia.

Colombian Civil War of 1851

The Colombian Civil War of 1851 was an uprising by Conservative landowners and slaveholders against the Liberal government of José Hilario López, fought from May to September 1851.

Colombian Civil War of 1876–1877

The Colombian Civil War of 1876–1877, known as the War of the Schools (Guerra de las Escuelas), was a conservative uprising defeated by the liberal government in 1877.

Colombian Civil War of 1885

The Colombian Civil War of 1885, also called the war of 1884–1885, was an uprising of the radical Liberal Party against President Rafael Núñez, crushed at La Humareda in June 1885.

Colombian Communist Party

The Colombian Communist Party (Partido Comunista Colombiano) is a communist political party in Colombia, founded in 1930 as one of the oldest organizations of the Colombian left.

Colombian conflict

Colombian conflict: the internal armed conflict between the Colombian state and guerrilla, paramilitary, and criminal groups since the 1960s, also called the Colombian armed conflict. FARC formed 1964; 2016 peace agreement demobilized about 13,000 fighters; violence persists among ELN, FARC dissidents, and the Clan del Golfo.

Colombian Conservative Party

The Colombian Conservative Party (Partido Conservador Colombiano) is a Colombian political party founded in 1849 by Mariano Ospina Rodríguez and José Eusebio Caro, in reaction to liberal reforms.

Colombian Constitution of 1886

The Colombian Constitution of 1886, also known as the Constitución de Colombia de 1886, replaced the federal Constitution of Rionegro with a centralized, Catholic republic that lasted until 1991.

Colombian Constitution of 1991

The Colombian Constitution of 1991 is the current supreme law of Colombia, replacing the 1886 Constitution. It defines the country as a social state under the rule of law.

Colombian constitutional reform of 1905

The Colombian constitutional reform of 1905 was a set of ten acts to the Constitution of 1886, adopted by a National Assembly under President Rafael Reyes.

Colombian constitutional reform of 1910

The Colombian constitutional reform of 1910, promulgated as Acto Legislativo 3 by a constituent assembly in Bogotá, was the deepest reform of the 1886 Constitution to that date.

Colombian constitutional reform of 1936

A 1936 amendment to Colombia's 1886 Constitution under President Alfonso López Pumarejo, establishing the social function of property and extending the vote to all men over 21.

Colombian constitutional reform of 1968

The Colombian constitutional reform of 1968 (Acto Legislativo 1 de 1968) amended the Constitution of 1886 under President Carlos Lleras Restrepo, strengthening the executive and state economic planning.

Colombian constitutional reform of 1986

The Colombian constitutional reform of 1986, also known as the reform of the popular election of mayors, amended the 1886 Constitution to let citizens elect their mayors.

Colombian constitutional reform of 1990

The Colombian constitutional reform of 1990 was a court-validated, student-led process, the "séptima papeleta," that convened a constituent assembly which replaced the 1886 Constitution with the Constitution of 1991.

Colombian constitutional reform of 2004

The Colombian constitutional reform of 2004, enacted as Acto Legislativo 02 de 2004, allowed immediate presidential reelection for one term, enabling Álvaro Uribe's 2006 reelection with 62% of the vote.

Colombian constitutional reform of 2017

The Colombian constitutional reform of 2017, enacted as Acto Legislativo 01 de 2017, incorporated the 2016 peace agreement with the FARC-EP into the Constitution of Colombia.

Colombian Liberal Party

Colombian Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Colombiano), one of Colombia's two traditional parties, founded 1848 via Ezequiel Rojas's "La razón de mi voto"; red-colored, National Front participant, now third force in Congress under César Gaviria.

Colombian migration to Venezuela

Colombian migration to Venezuela is the sustained movement of people from Colombia to Venezuela, which ran from the 1950s into the 1990s and peaked during the 1970s oil boom.

Colombian peace agreement

The Colombian peace agreement is the 2016 treaty between the Colombian government and the FARC-EP guerrillas, negotiated in Havana and ending over 50 years of armed conflict.

Colombian peace process

The Colombian peace process covers successive state–guerrilla negotiations, chiefly the 2012–2016 Havana talks with the FARC-EP that produced the 24 November 2016 Final Agreement, its failed plebiscite, congressional ratification, demobilization and the JEP, plus ELN talks through Petro's Paz Total.

Colombian peace process with the M-19

The Colombian peace process with the M-19, the negotiation between President Virgilio Barco's government and the M-19 guerrilla group, ended with a peace agreement on 9 March 1990.

Colombian peso

The Colombian peso (Peso colombiano) is the fiat currency of Colombia, issued exclusively by the Banco de la República in banknotes of 2,000 to 100,000 pesos and in coins.

Colombo crime family

The Colombo crime family, originally the Profaci family, is one of New York's five Mafia families, founded by Joseph Profaci, renamed under boss Joe Colombo in 1963, marked by three internal wars, and led for decades by imprisoned Carmine Persico.

Colombo Stock Exchange

The Colombo Stock Exchange is Sri Lanka's sole stock exchange, formed in 1985 and automated since 1997, with 284 listed companies at the end of 2024.

Colomer Barrigón family

The Colomer Barrigón family is a Spanish property dynasty based in Madrid that owns Pryconsa, one of Spain's largest private residential developers, and the socimi Saint Croix.

Colon (punctuation)

The colon (:) is a two-dot punctuation mark that follows an independent clause to introduce a list, explanation, quotation, or emphasis; also used for titles, time, ratios, and biblical citations.

Colon classification

Colon classification (CC) is a faceted, analytico-synthetic library classification system devised by S. R. Ranganathan, first published 1933 in Madras. Seven editions, PMEST categories, synthesized class numbers, used mainly in Indian libraries.