The Thousand Day War And The Colombian Conservative Party

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The Thousand Day war was a civil war among the Liberals and Conservatives.This started shortly after Manuel Antonio Sanclemente was elected as Colombian President in 1898. The Liberals were stunned by this election because they believed that this symbolic election was considered cheating. President Manuel Antonio Sanclemente took part in 1861 in the Conservative split from the government. The Panamanian Conservative Party received the Colombian Conservative Party. The problem was that the Conservatives had a strong central government and had voting rights with limits. The Liberals on the other hand, preferred stronger regional governments and voting rights that were universal. Both of the groups at that time were against each other at the

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