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 country. The Benidorm (15[1])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 (10[1])Party candidate Jorge Eliecer Gaitan led to a bloody ten-year civil (10[1])war in this country. For 10 points, name this country, the site of La Violencia. ■END■

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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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Erik ChristensenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks upYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit5115
Stefan Vladas rational as the square root of two power bottomsModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha5615
Gareth ThorlaksonSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange8710
Jack van NostrandRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan QuizbowlersShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere11210
Caleb OttTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country12310

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2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%100%0%52.67
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