Colombia: August 12, 2002

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The government imposed a special 1.2 percent tax on individuals and companies with assets in excess of $60,000 and ordered the immediate recruitment of an additional 10,000 police and 6,000 soldiers. In the face of FARC attacks, a state of emergency was declared. 

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