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===== 1925 Reformation =====
Now in power, the Liberals would need to solve dozens of issues in Colombia. One of the first moves was to start a process of decentralization by creating new departments in the provinces of Cundinamarca, Quito, and Orinocco and giving the provinces and departments more autonomy. A more balanced financial system was also implemented, so less important departments received a fair amount of money to self-strategize.
By this time, the effects of the European Economic Crisis were still present in the Colombian economy, especially in the agrarian sectors. Among the reforms the newly formed government implemented were monetary support for the unemployed, protection of small businesses, and a fund of investments to promote the creation of more Colombian-controlled industrial businesses in the country to reach a balance between the foreign-owned companies and the local-owned ones.
As the markets began to normalize throughout the end of the 1920s, the country saw its GDP slowly grow again, getting closer to pre-crisis numbers. Urbanization also saw significant growth after suffering a decrease during the peak of the crisis. The late 1920s and early 1930s weren't only marked by an economic reformation; the first work laws were passed due to popular pressure. With basically no rules dictating the workspace, hours of work, days off, or safety at work, a growing number of employers began to join unions and promote public demonstrations and strikes in most of the major economic centers of the country. After a year of pressure, the government finally ceded and created the first work regulations in 1931. The year was also marked by the creation of the Ministry of Work and Welfare.
==== Silent War in Colombia ====
After the Great War (1935–1939), a new world order was established and marked by a dispute of influence between the British Empire, the former only superpower in the world, and Russia, a power in rapid growth: the Silent War. Colombia, being close to the British since its beginnings, was elected to be a member of the Organization of Democratic Nations in 1947 but declined to have a more neutral approach to the situation and was on a middle ground between the spheres of influence. Although self-declared non-aligned, Colombia participated directly in proxy conflicts sparked by the Silent War. Such as the Peruvian Civil War (1944–1963), participated in the embargo over Equador in 1944, and was a founding member of the Organization of the Southern Cross in 1966.
===== Colombia role in the Peruvian Civil War (1944-1963) =====
Colombia had a direct role in the Peruvian Civil War from 1944 to 1963. Started by a rebellion of National Republican character inside the military of Peru in Lima, it soon turned into a bloody conflict. Colombia, fearing the consequences of another National Republican regime along Equador's borders, assembled with Brasil, Carolina, and Paraguay in Quito to organize a coalition in support of the Peruvian Monarchy. The Quito Coalition lasted through the totality of the conflict and was the root of the creation of the Organization Of The Southern Cross as a way to integrate more of the nations of South America.
In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Colombia experienced rapid economic and population growth. Large-scale agriculture became more common and started advancing more on the country savannas and part of the Amazon, which at the time was very much untouched land only inhabited by traditional communities and native tribes. This advance was encouraged by eastern departments to accelerate their economic development, received the nickname "march to the east," and soon started to threaten the way of life of the rural traditional population.
Conflituous interests soon became skirmishes due to the advancing deforestation. At first, not so much attention was paid to the situation by the government, but in 1956, aerial photos showed signs of an Equadorian presence near the border with Roraima and traces of improvised paths through the jungle for supplies. After the discovery, the Colombian government started a more aggressive approach to end the hostilities once and for all, as a National Republican rebellion was feared. From 1957 to 1962, the Colombian National Guard and Army conducted several pacification operations. But peace only came after the San Felipe Compromise in 1962 between the federal government and the traditional leaders. The compromise vows to protect traditional and native communities way of life and the creation of several full environmental protection and semi-protection territories in the east of the country. Most of them are located in Cundinamarca and Orinocco. This move made Colombia one of the first South American nations to develop a strong environmental policy.
▲===== Amazonic Skirmishes (1948-1962) =====
===== Annexation of Genoese territories (1953) =====
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