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| | Colombia - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Colombia |
 | | They were challenged 1970 by the Alianza Nacional Popular (ANAPO; National People's Alliance), with a special appeal to the working classes, but the PCC–PLC coalition continued, and when in 1978 the PLC won majorities in both chambers of congress and the presidency, they kept the National Front accord. |
 | | Although it does not have a fully federal system, Colombia is divided into 32 departments and one capital district, enjoying considerable autonomy, with governors appointed by the president and locally elected legislatures. |
 | | The 1991 constitution, with 397 articles, and one of the longest in the world, provides for a president, elected by universal suffrage for a four-year term, and a bicameral congress consisting of a 102-member senate, 99 elected nationally and three on a regional basis, and a 161-member house of representatives, elected nationally by universal suffrage. |
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