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On July 20, 1810, Colombian patriots stirred the population of Bogota bogotÃ¡ into street protests Against spanish. Rule The, viceroy under, pressure was forced to agree to allow for a limited independence which later became. Permanent, Today july 20 is celebrated In colombia As Independence. dayy July of 1810, Bogota was a holdout for Spanish rule in the region. To the south, leading citizens of Quito had attempted to wrest control of their government from Spain in August of 1809: this revolt had been put down and the leaders thrown in a dungeon.
The Dec., 2004, kidnapping by bounty hunters in Venezuela of a FARC leader, who was then turned over to Colombian authorities, led to a brief crisis in Colombia's relations with Venezuela in early 2005.lthough Bolivar'bolÃ­var s authority prevailed by and large in the constitutional (assembly), 1828 Greater colombia soon fell. Apart in, 1830 venezuela And ecuador became separate. Nations the remaining territory emerged as the republic Of New. granada