Editing Republic of Colombia

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'''Colombia''', officially the '''Republic of Colombia''', is a country in [[South America]].

== History ==
Between 1986 and 1994, the military and paramilitary killed over 20,000 people, mainly [[Left-wing politics|leftists]] and [[Trade union|trade unionists]]. The [[United States of America|United States]] provided Colombia with over $100 million of military aid and stationed hundreds of troops in the country.<ref>{{Citation|author=William Blum|year=2002|title=Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower|chapter=A Concise History of United States Global Interventions,
1945 to the Present|isbn=9781842772201|publisher=Zed Books Ltd|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=29EED3C6906FF165E08303B9EAF66B4F|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacedas5bwprytpzcih6tof3ipede5uzmcvt47tfzwp4cptdau6vmjpy?filename=William%20Blum%20-%20Rogue%20State_%20A%20Guide%20to%20the%20World%27s%20Only%20Superpower-Zed%20Books%20Ltd%20%282002%29.pdf|page=137}}</ref>

Colombia was involved in [[Bill Clinton|Bill Clinton's]] Plan Colombia (2000–2006) and [[George W. Bush|George W. Bush's]] Andean Regional Initiative (2008–2010). In 2010, it received $185 million of [[United States Armed Forces|U.S. military]] training and aid. The United States has targeted [[Peasantry|peasants]] who depend on the coca plant for their livelihood with herbicides such as glyphosate. Many peasants rely on [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] groups such as [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia|FARC]] for protection.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Council on Hemispheric Affairs|title=The U.S. War on Communism, Drugs, and Terrorism in Colombia|date=2013-04-11|url=https://www.coha.org/the-u-s-war-on-communism-drugs-and-terrorism-in-colombia/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315145002/https://www.coha.org/the-u-s-war-on-communism-drugs-and-terrorism-in-colombia/|archive-date=2021-03-15|retrieved=2022-05-05}}</ref>

=== 2022 presidential election ===
[[Gustavo Petro]], a social democrat, won the 2022 presidential election against far-right candidate [[Rodolfo Hernández]].<ref>{{News citation|author=[[Ben Norton]]|newspaper=[[Multipolarista]]|title=Colombia’s first ever left-wing president: Gustavo Petro wins historic election. What does it mean?|date=2022-06-19|url=https://multipolarista.com/2022/06/19/colombia-gustavo-petro-election/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624234916/https://multipolarista.com/2022/06/19/colombia-gustavo-petro-election/|archive-date=2022-06-24|retrieved=2022-06-28}}</ref>

== References ==
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 Colombia was involved in [[Bill Clinton|Bill Clinton's]] Plan Colombia (2000–2006) and [[George W. Bush|George W. Bush's]] Andean Regional Initiative (2008–2010). In 2010, it received $185 million of [[United States Armed Forces|U.S. military]] training and aid. The United States has targeted [[Peasantry|peasants]] who depend on the coca plant for their livelihood with herbicides such as glyphosate. Many peasants rely on [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] groups such as [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia|FARC]] for protection.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Council on Hemispheric Affairs|title=The U.S. War on Communism, Drugs, and Terrorism in Colombia|date=2013-04-11|url=https://www.coha.org/the-u-s-war-on-communism-drugs-and-terrorism-in-colombia/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315145002/https://www.coha.org/the-u-s-war-on-communism-drugs-and-terrorism-in-colombia/|archive-date=2021-03-15|retrieved=2022-05-05}}</ref>
-=== 2018 presidential election ===
-On June 17, 2018, the Democratic Center party candidate Ivan Duque won the second round of the Colombian presidential election with 53.97 percent of the vote at the time of 99.76 percent of the total votes counted. The Humane Colombia candidate Gustavo Petro placed second with 41.81 percent of the vote. Duque won cities such as Bucaramanga, Cali, Cartagena, and Medellin.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=People's Daily Online|title=Ivan Duque wins presidential election, becomes next president of Colombia|date=2018-06-18|url=http://en.people.cn/n3/2018/0618/c90000-9472211.html|retrieved=2023-09-13}}</ref>
 === 2022 presidential election ===