Colombia Has a History Rare for Latin America
The History of Colombia is the interaction of rival Civilian elites. The political elite, Which overlaps with social and economic elites, has shown a marked ability to retain the reins of power, effectively excluding other groups and social institutions, such as the masses and the military, from significant participation in or control over the political process . Members of the lower classes have found it difficult, Although not impossible, to challenge or join the established elite in the political and economic spheres. Their subordination dates to the rigid colonial social hierarchy that places the Recreation-and-born above the native born. Elite control of the military is the result of the “civilian mystique” that developed along with independence. That mystique has successfully restricted the military to nonpolitical functions, with three exceptions-1830, 1854, and 1953. Thus Colombia has a history rare for Latin America in that the country has been dominated more by Civilian than by military rule. Because military forces have been denied political power, the civilian elites have had only themselves, divided into rival groups, to contend with in the political arena.
Some analysts have divided the political elite along economic lines between the landed and the non landed. The agricultural export sector, the backbone of the Colombian economy, has supplied the two main economic groups that also have been the most powerful in the political sphere: the landed aristocracy, who are devoted to the large-scale production of agricultural crops, and the merchants, who are engaged in the trade of these export goods and imported consumer goods. Lesser economic groups, such as the emerging manufacturing sector, have allied themselves with one of the two dominant groups, most often the merchants. Differences within the allied groups on issues such as trade created factions within the alliances even before they officially became established political parties. In addition, the nation’s economic development opened up new economic opportunities, and new forces Increasingly Expressed their views through the political factions.
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