... regime until 1957, when Liberals and Conservatives signed an agreement make a coalition government (Frente Nacional) and overthrow Pinilla from power. Ever since, the two democratic parties had shared governmental power until 1974 when Colombian first presidential elections took place. In other words, Colombian real transition to democracy was initiated in 1957; however, its democracy was not ... 's polemical administration. His authoritarian rule also provoked military mutinies and even his brief kidnapping by rebellious troops. Although battered, Ecuador's democratic system survived, a...

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