Geography, Colonialization, Geography And Diversity In The Colombian Society

My country shows come similarities towards Colombia and some differences. The population of the U.S. is 326,625,791, which is far more than Colombia. Ethnic groups represented in Colombia and the U.S. are white, blacks, and Ameridian. As for the education, the U.S. the expectancy rate is 17 years and the literacy rate is 97.9%. The Governments between the two are similar. Some economics problems within the U.S. is healthcare, and education. Colombia’s issues are more environmental. However, strengths in the United States is hard work, the culture, and entrepreneurship. Colombia shares 8 holidays with the U.S, for example, Christmas, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, New Year’s, and a couple more. The foods on the other hand show no similarities at all, the U.S. is known for real fatty food, which is we are the most obese country in the world. Colombia does not have some of the foods we do, like S’mores, Chilidogs, Buffalo Wings, or Hamburgers, Colombia is known for cuisine dishes for a party of people with tangy or spicy

Colombia was one of the three original countries along with Ecuador and Venezuela that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830. Over the last 40 years, there has been a campaign to overthrow the government partially because of the drug trades throughout Colombia. The movement does however lack support from military and support from the necessary influences. In recent years, there have been challenges for control of the territories throughout Colombia and also for the drug trade.

Prior to European colonization, Colombia’s domestic cultures varied from anywhere between simple hunting and gathering societies to well developed civilizations. Two of the most developed cultures, who were indigenous to the area now known as present-day Colombia, were the Taironas and the Chibchas. The Taironas lived in the mountains to the northeast of Colombia.

The Colombian culture is formed from the inheritance of the indigenous peoples present in the territory since ancient times, the Spanish traditions adopted during the colonial period and the African Customs incorporated by the slaves that led the conquistadors. This mixture of cultures constitutes a society with traits common to the rest of Latin American countries but, at the same time, very different also. Indeed, even within Colombia's own territory there are many differences between regions and others. Geographic diversity-can be found from tropical beaches to mountains of more than 5,000 meters in height with perpetual snows-and the natural isolation of some areas has led to this diversity. Some of the most important cultural groups according to their location are the so-called cops, located in the Altiplano Cundiboyacense; the countries, settled in Antioquia; The foresters, Settlers of the eastern plains; the Vallunos, settled in the area of Valle del Cauca; the coastal, inhabitants of the Caribbean coast, and the Santander, residents of the departments of Santander and Norte de Santander. All these groups are characterized by showing great cultural differences among themselves, which makes Colombia a fascinating country to know and enter into the day to day of its inhabitants.

Colombia was once called the murder capital of the world. Colombia has lived up to that name. The murder rate in Colombia has increased by 4%. It might not seem like a lot but there is an average of 17 murders a day. Colombia is known for their violence, but is also a big exporter of coffee, the first country to build a Baptist Church, have their religion influenced by Native Americans, and have the second largest economy.

With a thousand miles of coast to the North and eight-hundred miles of coast to the West, Colombia has some of the most beautiful beaches. On the North side is the Caribbean Sea and the West Pacific Ocean. Although, we know it as Colombia its original name is Republica de Colombia (Kline, Harvey). You may think, that is a Spanish name, well you are correct. Colombia is named after nun other than Christopher Columbus. Colombia is a originally a colony of Spain, therefore, taking all of the Spanish language, religion, and cultures (Kline, Harvey). Although, it is known as a Spanish country their minorities consist of European and African ancestry. Therefore, a lot of their geography is based off of this.

Chaos best describes the current state of the Republic of Colombia. Rebelling terrorist groups from within the country threaten to topple Colombia’s actual government. Again and again, Colombia has shown its inability to fight the rebelling terrorists and simultaneously protect its civilians from harm.

The reason I have chosen the Colombian society it is because I’m Colombian. Therefore I know the subject, I know the culture and the society. The Colombian society has been classified as a third world country society, because of many problems such as violence, life quality and economy, which are big issues in the Colombian society

The drug dealers have captured a great deal of power in Colombia, and have adopted the position of the government in many instances. The drug trade has ruined the image of Colombia, and has caused the world to forget about the other goods produced in Colombia, like coffee, flowers, oil and gas for instance. As the website put out by the Colombian Government Trade Bureau entitled “Colombia Trade News” states,

During this time, the levels of violence were lower than many European and American Countries. Colombia has gained international fame as one of the major centers in the world for drug trafficking. Anytime a country has a problem with drug trafficking, crime is always high.

Colombia is the leading exporter of petroleum, coffee, coal, apparel, bananas, and cut flowers. It is rich in minerals and energy. It is the lead producer of emeralds and is the second largest producer of platinum and gold in South America. Colombia is also the World’s largest producer of cocaine. Colombia produced many emeralds. They believed that the gemstones contained special powers such as healing, making one smarter, revealing the truth, and the power to block spells. Colombia is

Ecuador was part of Bolivar’s Gran Colombia. When the Gran Colombia achieved its independence, Ecuador as other South American countries started to develop their political system. Ecuador had many particular leaders as Presidents but in was in 2003 President Lucio Gutierrez was forced by congress to resign. In 2006 a young economist, Rafael Correa took the office. Rafael Correa “the leftist leader” was elected president on the back of a radical program social, economic, and constitutional reform. Correa suggested the voters to replace congress with “a constituent assembly”. The Constituent Assembly allowed Correa to run for two consecutive terms, and it was the worst nightmare for a democracy because the Constituent Assembly dissolved Congress during the first three year

Tradition and heritage play a vital role in the culture of Colombia. The location,

90 Percent of the country is believed to be of Roman Catholic faith and the other ten percent is a mixture. The ethnic groups are as follows mestizo and white 84.2%, Afro-Colombian (includes mulatto, Raizal, and Palenquero) 10.4%, Amerindian 3.4%, Roma s relationships with other countries are not the best however, they could be better. The only country Colombia is truly having a problem with is Venezuela and the countries there illicit drugs get to. Venezuela because of the large people emigrating from Colombia into Venezuela and the Venezuelan government does not want that many of them because they can not help them anymore in Colombia other than not having brutal security forces. The countries that the Colombian cocaine gets too obviosuly no country wants there people doing some illegal in this case it is illicit drugs. Overall Colombia is not the worst third world country in the world however, definitely not the best. They have a lot of work to do and they are on there way to becoming much more

Cultural Climate Colombia is a Latin American country that has a population of 47.5 million people. The primary language spoken by the people is Spanish and they are a Christian country. Colombia is “The fourth largest country in South America and one of the continent's most populous nations, Colombia has substantial oil reserves and is a major producer of gold, silver, emeralds, platinum and coal.” With these natural resources, the country is ripe for business. However, there is a large drug cartel presence that is a barrier to business success in the country. The country is a large producer of the coca plant which is used to make cocaine. There are “64,500 farming families living off of coca”. The growth of the plant takes place in the remote areas of the country and there is no state regulation of the growth of the plant. The drug cartels use the money made from producing this cocaine to fund a guerilla army that fights against the state when they try to take a