Colombia
By: David Downing.
Series: Global hotspots
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780761447597
Subjects: Colombia -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Description: "Discusses Colombia, its history, conflicts, and the reasons why it is currently in the news"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Always in the news; title: A difficult country; title: Spanish rule; title: 1900s : modernisation; title: La violencia; title: The national front; title: Guerrillas; title: Colombia and the United States; title: Drugs; title: The rise of the army; title: Failed state?; title: Plan Colombia; title: Colombia in the 2000s.