Abstract

A Society Torn Apart by Violence
Lernoux, Penny | November 7, 1987 issue

add to cart   close window

The article focuses on the political condition of Colombia. The assassination last month of leftist leader Jaime Pardo Leal has pushed Colombia another step closer to political anarchy. Pardo's death brought to almost 500 the victims of a bloody war on the Patriotic Union (U.P.), a new left-wing party that is challenging the traditional political monopoly of the Liberals and Conservatives. Presidential candidate of the U.P. in last year's election, Leal was killed when his car was ambushed by gunmen near Begotá. His murder ignited nationwide protests, including a twenty-four-hour labor strike that shut down the country.

See Also:

COLOMBIA -- Politics & government; LEAL, Jaime Pardo; ASSASSINATION; PRESIDENTS -- Colombia; PRESIDENTIAL candidates; ELECTIONS; STRIKES & lockouts; COLOMBIA
ARCHIVE HOME
Pricing
Articles are sold in 'packs,' which are priced as follows:

1 for 2.95
4 for 9.95
10 for 19.95
50 for 34.95
300 for 149.95
Refund Policy
Sales of archive individual articles, full issues or article packs are final and no refunds will be issued.
Access for libraries
help
Search
Browse
Sample Article

In Your Cart

Your cart is empty.

My Articles

You must be logged in to view your articles.

User name

Password

I don't have a login.

I forgot my user name/password.
Advertisement
Advertisement

Blogs

» The Beat

Another Helping of FDR Please | Obama should follow the New Deal president's example and make his Thanksgiving Proclamation a call for economic justice.
John Nichols
15 Comments

» Editor's Cut

Filibuster Follies | "The filibuster has become a cancer growing inside the world's greatest deliberative body."
Katrina vanden Heuvel
74 Comments

» The Notion

Bad Black Mothers | For African American women, reproduction has never been an entirely private matter.
Melissa Harris-Lacewell
89 Comments

» Act Now!

Coal Country | Stunning film reveals new dimensions to the cost of America's over-reliance on coal.
Peter Rothberg
105 Comments

» The Dreyfuss Report

A Kingdom of Bicycles No Longer | China's ambassador for climate change speaks on the eve of the Copenhagen summit meeting.
Robert Dreyfuss
58 Comments