Colombia
Republic of ColombiaRepública de Colombia
CAPITAL: Bogotá
FLAG: The national flag consists of three horizontal stripes; the yellow upper stripe is twice as wide as each of the o...
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Colombia
Colombia is a formal constitutional democracy and one of the oldest democracies in Latin America. Nonetheless, its democracy has often been dysfunctional in character. Even in the early twent...
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Colombia
POPULATION 41,008,227ROMAN CATHOLIC 81 percentOTHER CHRISTIAN 10 percentEVANGELICAL 3.5 percentOTHER 3.6 percentNONRELIGIOUS 1.9 percent
Country Overview
Introduction
The Republic of Col...
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POLITICAL ISSUE
Of the many problems that continue to plague the country of Colombia, one of the greatest issues concerning this country lies within its conflict-ridden political forum. Colombia ha...
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Area: 1,141,568 sq km (440,762 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 43,593,000Capital:
Bogotá
Head of state and government:
President
Álvaro Uribe
Vélez
Legislative and presidential ele...
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Latin America: As U.S. allies go, we can't get one better than Colombia. It helps us a lot and now seeks free trade. But all it gets from Congress is a slap in the face. We now risk losing a vital ...
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Free Trade: Colombia's enemies are desperate to discredit our ally to halt a U.S. free trade pact. They've smeared its government and called its drug war a failure. But new events show their argume...
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President Hugo Chavez on Friday accused neighboring Colombia and the United States of plotting a military "aggression" against Venezuela."I accuse the government of Colombia of devising a conspirac...
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Free Trade: Congressional Democrats justify scrapping a U.S. trade pact with our best ally in the hemisphere on vague claims its government violates human rights. Last week, Colombia's people saw a...
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Colombia announced capital controls on some foreign investments Wednesday to try to curb the soaring peso, which has made greater gains against the dollar this year than any other currency.Finance ...
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The army has captured a senior commander of Colombia's second largest rebel group, the government said Tuesday, calling it a major blow to the guerrillas that could push them closer to a peace deal...
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President Alvaro Uribe on Sunday rejected allegations in a leaked CIA report that his army chief collaborated extensively with right-wing militias accused of some of the worst atrocities in Colombi...
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Hundreds of thousands of Colombians wearing white T-shirts marched in their homeland and abroad Monday to demand the country's largest rebel group stop kidnapping people and release those it holds....
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Colombia is considering relocating an airport in the resort town of Santa Marta a day after a passenger plane skidded off a wet runway and into the Caribbean Sea, causing minor injuries to seven pe...
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