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Colombia's history has been written with violence and social unrest. Over time, apathy towards this state of conflict has developed among its citizens (Simons, 2004: 9). This has created a culture of self-perpetuating violence (Cortázar et al; Castro, 2005: 29). This case study examines interviews with Colombians, writings of Colombian and international scholars, researchers, and novelists through the view of the Adams Revolutionary Model. This research seeks to provide solutions based on effective leadership to provide an effective management of the country. INTRODUCTION According to scholars and writers world wide, the social and political unrest that Colombia suffers (e.g. political ambitions, exploitation of the working class, and family feuds) is the effect of an unethical civil foundation (Simons, 2004: 39). Colombia has sunken into a self-perpetuating loop effect that has carried the country to a degenerative state of socio-political distress. This loop effect has been identified and analyzed through the development of this study using the Adams Revolutionary Model (ARM). BACKGROUND OF THE COUNTRY Colombia is located in the north-west of South America and has kept its magnificent beauty and natural affluence secret from the rest of the world. The country covers one percent of the world's surface, yet boasts 10 percent of the world's flora and fauna. Among its natural resources, Colombia possesses petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, nickel, gold, copper, the world's finest emeralds (Library of Congress, 2007; Colombian Embassy, 2006), and its internationally famed coffee. Colombia's wealth has been unevenly distributed among its departments (states), and people. This uneven distribution of wealth has affected the basic human needs of its citizens, feeding a cycle of discrepancy.