Conflict Americas

Colombian Armed Conflict

1964 CE – 2026 CE · 62 years

The longest-running armed conflict in the Western Hemisphere. Despite a 2016 peace deal, FARC dissident factions and the ELN continue fighting. In 2025, the Catatumbo region erupted with ELN-FARC clashes displacing 56,000 people.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

Colombian Government
FARC Dissidents & ELN

Key moments

Defining events in the Colombian Armed Conflict.

2025 Catatumbo Clashes
2025 Southwestern Colombia Coordinated Attacks
2025 Black Hawk Shootdown

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

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Landmark · Americas

Grand Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

British Guiana

1783 CE – 1966 CE

Conflict · Americas

Ecuadorian Internal Conflict

2024 CE – 2026 CE

Landmark · Americas

Mammoth Cave

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Canada

Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Americas

Salvadoran Civil War

1979 CE – 1992 CE

Landmark · Americas

Hawaii Volcanoes

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Mexico

Founded 1810 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1964 CE and 2026 CE.

1964 CE Fly Geyser 1965 CE Dominican Civil War 1969 CE Football War 1976 CE Dirty War 1978 CE Nicaraguan Revolution & Contra War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Darvaza Gas Crater Landmark · Middle East 1971 CE – still standing Yugoslavia Polity · Europe 1918 CE – 1992 CE Winston Churchill Figure · Britain 1874 CE – 1965 CE Naxalite–Maoist Insurgency Conflict · South Asia 1967 CE – 2026 CE China–Europe Railway (Belt and Road) Trade route · East Asia 2011 CE Basilica of Our Lady of Peace Landmark · Africa 1985 CE – still standing

Image credits8 pictures from Wikimedia Commons

Colombian conflictJorge pinzon2001 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Grand CanyonLennart Sikkema · CC BY 3.0
Flag of British Guiana (1955–1966)Sodacan · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mammoth Cave National ParkWillis Thomas Lee · Public domain
Flag of Canada (Pantone)Original: George F. G. Stanley Modified by: The original uploader was Illegitimate Barris… · Public domain
Salvadoran Civil WarImages compiled by PizzaKing13 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National ParkBrocken Inaglory · CC BY-SA 3.0
Flag of MexicoOmar Alejandro Covarrubias Neri, 9 April 2006. Based on the 1968 arms by Francisco Eppens… · Public domain