Question

Norman Bailey posited that a conflict in this country was driven by either sexual frustration or a principle translated as “not even leaving the seed.” “Peasant leagues” in this country were organized by the PCC to counter government violence. Jacobo Arenas wrote a diary about his organizing of the peasant-controlled “Marquetalia Republic” (15[1])in this (15[1])country. (15[1])The Benidorm Pact preceded the Sitges Pact that ended a conflict in this country by establishing the (*) National Front coalition. Reactions to the “Regeneration” movement sparked the Thousand Days’ War in this country. (10[1])Mariano Ospina Perez led this country at the start of a period during which Gustavo Rojas Pinilla rose to power. Juan Roa’s murder of Liberal Party candidate Jorge Eliecer Gaitan (10[1])led to a bloody ten-year civil war in this country. For 10 points, name this country, the site of La Violencia. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Colombia [or the Republic of Colombia; or República de Colombia] (The first line policy is known as no dejar ni la semilla.)
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