The war of one thousand days !

in which consisted? (＾▿＾)

Between 1899 and 1902 Colombia took place in the Thousand Days' War, this was a war between two Colombian political parties: the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party, it was a ideological war as opposed to a regional one, and it divided families and was fought all over the nation. After about 100,000 Colombians had died

Background (＾▿＾)

By 1899, Colombia had a long tradition of conflict between liberals and conservatives.

The fundamental issues were these: the conservatives favored a strong central government, limited voting rights and strong links between church and state. The liberals, on the other hand, favored stronger regional governments, universal voting rights and a division between church and state. The two factions had been at odds since the dissolution of Gran Colombia in 1831.

the causes of conflict can be divided into direct and indirect (＾▿＾)

- The direct cause was the defeat of the Liberals in the presidential elections of 1898, which enshrined as president the conservative politician Manuel Antonio Sanclemente, liberals did not accept this presidential election

- The indirect cause was the economic crisis that lived at the time. Since 1880 coffee had begun to become Colombia's main product exportation and one of the main sources of income for the country. However, a noticeable drop in 1896 he began to occur in international coffee prices, this generated an economic crisis among farmers, which in turn cause discontent with the conservative government of the time. 

In the days of the 1000 war there were neither winners nor losers, so if resulted was the impoverishment of the general population. Finally in 1902 we reach a peace pact between liberals and conservatives with the mediation of the United States.

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