| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
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| 1997, March 16 |
| | | Colombian defense minister Guillermo Alberto Gonzalez resigned due to allegations that he accepted a campaign contribution from a drug trafficker. | 1 |
| | | July 21 |
| | | More than 30 people were killed in the remote village of Mapiripan in a massacre allegedly perpetrated by a right-wing paramilitary group. | 2 |
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| 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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