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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1986, May 25 | |
| Liberal candidate Virgilio Barco Vargas was elected president. Barco, under heavy pressure from the U.S., vowed to wage effective war against drug traffickers. | 1 |
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| The labor movement formed the Single Workers' Central (CUT), which broke away from traditional politics, forming an association of worker, Indian, peasant, and religious groups. | 2 |
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| Newspaper publisher Guillermo Cano was assassinated. | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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