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Liberal and Conservative parties created
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Period: to
War of Thousand Days'
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Period: to
Civil War
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Liberals and Conservatives ban all other parties and form the National Front
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President Belisario Betancur pardons guerrillas and frees political prisoners
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Campaign against drug cartel stepped up and assassination of justice minister
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Andres Pastrana Arango elected president and begins peace talks with the guerrillas
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