| Description |
32 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm. |
| Series |
Global hotspots |
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Global hotspots.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
"Discusses Colombia, its history, conflicts, and the reasons why it is currently in the news"--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Always in the news -- Columbia's beginnings -- Spanish rule -- 1900s : modernisation -- Civil war : la violencia -- Elections and the national front -- Guerrillas -- The drug trade -- Colombia and the USA -- The rise of the army -- A failing state -- Plan Colombia -- Colombia in the 2000s. |
| Subject |
Colombia -- Juvenile literature.
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Colombia.
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| ISBN |
9780761447597 |
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0761447598 |
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