The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia –People's Army is a Marxist–Leninist guerrilla group involved in the continuing Colombian conflict starting in 1964. The FARC-EP was officially founded in 1966 from peasant self-defense groups formed from 1948 during the "Violencia" as a peasant force promoting a political line of agrarianism and anti-imperialism. They are known to employ a variety of military tactics,in addition to more unconventional methods,including terrorism.
Álvaro Uribe Vélez is a Colombian politician who served as the 31st President of Colombia from 7 August 2002 to 7 August 2010.
Andrés Pastrana Arango is a Colombian politician who was the 30th President of Colombia from 1998 to 2002,following in the footsteps of his father,Misael Pastrana Borrero,who was president from 1970 to 1974.
Carlos Enrique Lehder Rivas is a Colombian and German former drug lord who was co-founder of the Medellín Cartel. Born to a German father and Colombian mother,he was the first high-level drug trafficker extradited to the United States,after which he was released from prison in the United States after 33 years in 2020. Originally from Armenia,Colombia,Lehder eventually ran a cocaine transport empire on Norman's Cay island,210 miles (340 km) off the Florida coast in the central Bahamas.
Pedro Antonio Marín Marín,known by his "nom de guerre" Manuel Marulanda Vélez,was the founder and main leader of the Marxist–Leninist FARC-EP. Marulanda was born in a coffee-growing region of west-central Colombia in the Quindío Department,to a peasant family politically aligned with the Liberal Party during conflicts in the 1940s and 1950s.
The Colombian conflict began on May 27,1964,and is a low-intensity asymmetric war between the government of Colombia,far-right paramilitary groups and crime syndicates,and far-left guerrilla groups,fighting each other to increase their influence in Colombian territory. Some of the most important international contributors to the Colombian conflict include multinational corporations,the United States,Cuba,and the drug trafficking industry.
El Espectador is a newspaper of national circulation within Colombia,founded by Fidel Cano Gutiérrez on March 22,1887,in Medellín and published since 1915 in Bogotá. It transition from a daily to a weekly edition in 2001,following a financial crisis,and again with a daily released since May 11,2008,a comeback which had been long rumoured,in tabloid format. From 1997 to 2011 its main shareholder was Julio Mario Santo Domingo.
Rodrigo Lara Bonilla was a Colombian lawyer and politician,who served as Minister of Justice under President Belisario Betancur,and was assassinated by orders of Pablo Escobar because of his work as Minister in prosecuting cocaine traffickers mainly belonging to the Medellín Cartel.
The Office of the Inspector General of Colombia is a Colombian independent public institution overseeing the public conduct of those in authority or in charge of exercising a public office,and of overseeing the correct functioning of other government institutions and agencies. The Office of the Inspector General of Colombia is not a judicial institution;it is one of the Colombian Control Institutions,alongside the Office of the Controller General. The Inspector General is also charged with safeguarding the rights of the people,guaranteeing human rights protection and intervening in the name of the people in the defence of the public's interest.
Álvaro Gómez Hurtado was a Colombian lawyer,politician,journalist and active member of the Colombian Conservative Party. Gómez was a son of the former President of Colombia,Laureano Gómez. He is mostly remembered for being one of the writers of the Colombian Constitution of 1991,for running three times for the presidency,without success,and for his murder at the hands of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. He served separate appointments as ambassador to Switzerland,Italy,the United States and France,beginning in the 1940s.
Macnelly Torres Berrío is a former Colombian footballer former professional footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder.
The Humanitarian Exchange or Humanitarian Accord referred to a possible accord to exchange hostages for prisoners between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group and the Government of Colombia.
Piedad Esneda Córdoba Ruiz was a Colombian lawyer and politician who served as a senator from 1994 to 2010. A Liberal Party politician,she also served as a member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia for Antioquia from 1992 to 1994.
Marta Lucía Ramírez Blanco is a Colombian lawyer and politician who served as 12th Vice President of Colombia from 2018 to 2022. She also served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia. In 2018,Ramírez became the first woman elected to serve as Vice President of Colombia,running on a ticket with Iván Duque. In 2021,after the resignation of her predecessor Claudia Blum,she was pronounced chancellor by the president Iván Duque.
Emma Claudia Castellanos is a Colombian Evangelical pastor of the International Charismatic Mission megachurch and politician. She is married to the also Evangelical pastor César Castellanos Domínguez. She was twice elected to the Senate of Colombia,first from 1991 to 1994,and again from 2006 to 2010;she also was appointed as Ambassador of Colombia to Brazil by her political sponsor at the time,from 2004 to 2005.
Roy Leonardo Barreras Montealegre is a Colombian politician and 2018 presidential candidate,he had served as senator from 2010 to 2023 and President of the Senate of Colombia from July 2022 to May 2023. In addition to senator,Barreras served as chairman of former governing party,the Union Party for the People. He entered politics in 2006 when he was elected as a member of the Chamber of Representatives.
Luis Iván Marulanda Gómez is s Colombian politician and economist. He was elected senator for the Colombian Green Party for the 2018–2022 term. He was previously a member of Colombian Liberal Party,where he was elected senator for four years (1986-1990). Liberals nominated him for Vice President of Colombia in the 2006 presidential election.
Humane Colombia,formerly known as the Progressive Movement,is a Colombian far left political movement and party founded in 2011 and led by President Gustavo Petro. The youth wing of the party is known as Juventud Humana.
JoséManuel Restrepo Abondano is a Colombian academic,economist,journalist and politician who served as the Minister of Finance and Public Credit from 3 May 2021 to 7 August 2022,he also served as Minister of Commerce,Industry and Tourism of Colombia since 7 August 2018 until 3 May 2021.
Colombia Justa Libres is a right-wing Colombian political party founded in 2017 that groups the majority of evangelical denominations in the country together. This includes,among others,Assemblies of God,Foursquare Church,Peace Mission to the Nations,and Spring of Eternal Life. During the 2018 Colombian parliamentary election,four of its members were elected to the Congress of Colombia. After the 2022 legislative election,the party formed the Nos Une Colombia coalition with the MIRA. It has the slogan "Let's do it together!" and a youth wing known as "RUGE!".
