BIPARTISAN VIOLENCE

Learn about Colombia's La Violencia and bipartisan conflict.

Write your name and grade here. Example: Danilo Montero 9B TEXT PART 7Read and complete the text with the correct word based on its context. The 20th century dawned over a paroxysm of partisan strife known to history as the War of a Thousand Days. Subsequently, from 1948 to 1964, some 80,000 to 200,000 died in a murderous partisan warfare that came to be called “La Violencia.”Violence erupted and atrocities took place. This is the darkest chapter in the history of Colombia. The violence continued in the name of the parties, village against village, and peasant guerilla against the army. A liberal guerilla leader that began fighting with the Communists was Pedro Antonio Marín, who later adopted the name Manuel Marulanda Vélez and became the leader of the guerilla movement FARC.La Violencia lasted from 1948 to 1957 and cost 200,000 people their lives. Between one and two million people were displaced from their homes, 150,000 crossed the border to Venezuela, others sought refuge in the cities and settled in the lowlands, Los Llanos. Many smallholders fled the countryside because of the terror by criminal gangs, who served a paramilitary function, and large landowners could add several acres to their properties. 200,000 plots of land changed owners during this period. DISPLACEMENT AND BIPARTISAN VIOLENCE To mark a word click its first letter then click its last. OILEXPLOITATION BIPARTISANSHIP CONSERVATIVES MORTALITYRATE PRESIDENTS MASSACRES MARULANDA BOGOTAZO GAMONAL LIBERAL DISPUTE TRIGGER GAITÁN LEADER HATRED PARTY FARC VIOLENCE IN COLOMBIAWhen did it start? 1948 1946 1958 1953 VIOLENCE IN COLOMBIAWhich were some of its consequences? Hundreds of deaths Displacement The death of Gaitán Great massacres VIOLENCE IN COLOMBIAWhat was the nickname given to Manuel Marulanda? Tiro fijo Pluma blanca Timochenko Mono jojoy VIOLENCE IN COLOMBIASelect the presidents who were involved in this period. Mariano Ospina Laureano Gómez Alfonso López Rojas Pinilla Jorge Eliécer Enrique Olaya