Colombia: History

Republic of Gran Colombia forms. It includes present day Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela and Colombia. 

Gran Colombia is broken off when Venezuela and Ecuador split off. Panama and Colombia stay together in a separate state called Nueva Granada. 

After the civil war within Nueva Granada, known as "The War of the Thousand Days", Panama becomes an independent state. 

250,000-300,000 people were killed in the La Violencia civil war. It took a decade for the economy to restore stabilization. 

A powerful earthquake hits Colombia killing over 1,000 people, setting Colombia back economically. 

Colombia established a free trade agreement with the US despite concerns over Colombia's poor record of labor relations. 

After 52 years of armed conflict with FARC, a peace accord is signed. 

After the signing of the peace agreement, dissidents of FARC continue to battle armed forced.