Has Colombia Ever Had a Dictator?

Coup d'etat
Rojas was military dictator of Colombia from 1953 to 1954. He was designated President of Colombia in 1954. The National Constituent Assembly, by its Legislative Act Number 1 of 1953, appointed him as President of Colombia without a popular election.

Is Colombia a dictatorship or democracy?

The Politics of Colombia take place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Colombia is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is carried out by the government.

What was La Violencia in Colombia?

La Violencia (Spanish pronunciation: [la βjoˈlensja], The Violence) was a ten-year civil war in Colombia from 1948 to 1958, between the Colombian Conservative Party and the Colombian Liberal Party, fought mainly in the countryside.

James H. Sterling

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