Colombia Essay

” The values of people in Colombia are based on their religious believes, these beliefs are expressed in the celebration of Christmas. Colombians go big in their Christmas celebrations. Celebrating the birth of Jesus is important to many people but everyone has different ways that they like to celebrate, or traditions and foods that are important to them. Christmas is celebrated all around the world in many ways, but the values and history stay close to the same. Colombia is a highly Catholic country

Colombia is a very beautiful country located in South America. Bordered by Panama and the Caribbean Sea by the North, Pacific Ocean by the West, Venezuela and Brazil by the East, and Ecuador and Peru by the South. Colombia declared independence from Spain on July 20, 1810 and was recognized by Spain August 7th, 1819. The currency used in the country are the Colombian pesos. Bogota is the capital being 29th for the biggest city in the world (population wise). The official language of the country is

Purpose: After listening to my speech, my audience will be able to discuss three major types of crime that Colombia is encountering. Introduction: Colombia has a long history of wicked political battling, including the semi common war of the 1940s and 1950s known as La Violencia, which set outfitted state armies of the Liberal and Conservative gatherings against one another and about decimated the nation. The violence never totally stopped. It was leftovers of the Liberal party civilian army that

During the 1970’s through the late 1990’s Colombia was widely known as the birth place for the cocaine drug traffickers. Colombia has produced the two most famous drug traffickers that have produced lots of cocaine and tons of money. Those drug traffickers were Griselda Blanco and Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria and his Medellin Cartel. Pablo Escobar and his cartel, The Medellin Cartel did most destruction to the country of Colombia. But poverty in Colombia has been reduced due to Pablo Escobar and

After watching the two documentaries on Colombia ((1)Plan Colombia & (2)ESPN: 30 For 30 - The Two Escobars), I learned some fairly interesting things about the country and its drug issues. The ESPN 30 for 30 documentary jumped out at me at first simply because I am a hug sports fan in general, but after awhile I soon realized that the film was less about the sport aspect but more about Columbia's ongoing drug problem. The first point that jumped out at me was the term "Narco-soccer"; which was a

Colombia is home to one of the many unique form of musical genre called Vallenato that formed around the second half of the 20th century. It initiated from a small valley region of northeastern Colombia and the term vallenato itself literally translates to someone from the valley, (‘valle’ and ‘nato’). It is described as the poor man’s music, like the workers from the farmlands of Colombia. The Mississippi and Magdalena River carry heavy origins of vallenato music. These rivers signify the struggles

Colombia has struggled for six decades with drug dealers, guerrillas and paramilitary groups, it has been a long fight since 1945, when the first guerrilla groups appeared, then with the beginning of drug trafficking by Pablo Escobar, Medellin and Cali cartels, the Army has fought them, later in 1996 when the paramilitaries showed, the situation became even worse. It was a huge dispute among the drug dealers, guerrillas (Fuerzas Armada Revolucionarias de Colombia FARC, or Ejercito de Liberacion

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. Colombia has a large diversity of cultures. Over 30 million Mestizos inhabitants

The United States and Colombia have had a long standing relationship through the course of history. There have been trade agreements signed by the two parties; also negotiations have taken part in regard to development strategies on the part of the US to promote the rule of Democracy and it’s institutions in Colombia, where illegal armed forces sought to control many aspects of the country’s development. Aside from trade agreements the United States and Columbia have also had agreements related to

Background Plan Colombia is a long-prevailing foreign aid package bestowed to the country of Colombia from the United States. This foreign aid package grants substantial financial assistance to Colombia, intending to fight the “War on Drugs” and to reduce the trafficking of narcoleptics, but there is a multitude of other factors and implications, both unintentional or indirect and intentional due to ulterior motives. To accomplish the goals of Plan Colombia, most of the aid has been provided in the