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I learned recently that Colombia sent 4,000 troops and it's only naval frigate to support the UN in the Korean War even though they were in the middle of a civil war at the time. What about Colombia in the 1950s led to them be the only Latin American country to provide material support to the UN?

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I learned recently that Colombia sent 4,000 troops and it's only naval frigate to support the UN in the Korean War even though they were in the middle of a civil war at the time. What about Colombia in the 1950s led to them be the only Latin American country to provide material support to the UN?	169