The Changing Role of the Military in Colombia
1961; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 3; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/164842
ISSN2326-4047
Autores Tópico(s)Social Issues and Policies in Latin America
ResumoThe role of the Colombian military in politics is a recent development in that republic's history. It is also basically ephemeral, with few historical or traditional antecedents, such as those, for example, of Mexico or Venezuela. Most of the successful battles which freed Colombia from Spanish domination were fought by non-Colombian armies led by Venezuelans. The end of the independence period (1830), found Colombia throwing off a Venezuelan army officers’ government (that of General Rafael Urdaneta) imposed by force, and destined to be short-lived because it violated the unwritten Colombian constitution, as well as its written charter.
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