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The Thousand Days' War

In the late nineteenth century and start the XX, Colombia had to face the Thousand
Days' War and the separation of Panama. These events proved to Colombian leaders
that the ideal of a country in peace and progress, was still to be built.

It was the last armed confrontation of the long list of civil wars that ravaged the country
during the nineteenth century. It began in October 1899 and ended on 21 November
1902. The main causes of the conflict were:

1. The political intransigence: From 1896, some conservatives and liberals have asked
the President Miguel Antonio Caro and his successor Manuel Antonio Sanclemente, an
amendment to the 1886 Constitution that would eliminate the exclusion and political
persecution against liberals. They refused to accept this request, which suggested the
Liberals that the only option to achieve greater political participation was through
weapons.

2. The Economic Crisis: By 1886 coffee was one of the main export products of the
country. Unfortunately, the rapid expansion of crops in the world led to a drastic drop in
international coffee prices occurred in 1890, generating a crisis in the Colombian coffee
growers. This crisis deepened with the refusal of the Colombian government to
eliminate taxes on coffee exports.

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