1. Colombia
and
The War on Drugs

2. Colombia in the Twentieth Century
The Economy
Coffee
Diversity
Urbanization
The Working Class
Unionization

3. Colombian Politics The War of a Thousand Days (1903) Conservatives
The Liberal Republic ( )
Jorge Gaitán
La Violencia
The National Front ( )

4. Jorge Gaitán d.1948

5. Armed Revolutionary Movements
The April 19th Movement (M-19)
Tragedy at the Judicial Palace (1985)
Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Colombia (FARC)
The Drug War
Violence and Tri-Angular Conflict
Paramilitary Groups

7. FARC-Controlled Town

8. FARC Guerrillas

9. The Drug War Pablo Escobar and the Medellín Cartel Civil War
US War on Drugs
Reagan-Bush
Clinton and Plan Colombia
The War on Terror
Outcomes

10. Pablo Escobar, Medellín Cartel d. 1993