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Understanding the origin of guerrilla warfare in Colombia is a way to grasp the conflict in our current society. Including the FARC in this note complements such information. Hopefully, it proves useful. Let’s try to elucidate the origin of guerrilla warfare in Colombia (issuing value judgments regarding the moral sense of its existence or not … Read more

To begin discussing the Battle of Pantano de Vargas, let’s start with a military analysis of the terrain, crucial to understanding the outcome of the confrontations. “We have the Sogamoso Valley, between the branches of the eastern mountain range, in the department of Boyacá, between the municipalities of Paipa and Gámeza. It is crossed by … Read more

Hermilda Gaviria Berrío, the mother of Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria, was the daughter of Roberto Gaviria Cobaleda and Inés Berrío. She was born on April 9, 1927, in El Frontino, Antioquia. Appointed as a teacher in the El Tablazo hamlet, in the municipality of Rionegro, by the then Secretary of Education of Antioquia, Joaquín Vallejo, … Read more