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    The Spanish speaking country of Colombia is brimming with culture, success, and the drive to achieve greatness. This Latin American ecosystem is known for its deliciously rich coffee beans, breath-taking landscapes, and their engaging and entertaining culture. The United States of America and Colombia are different in multiple different aspects; however, they also share a great deal of characteristics with one another. Whether it is religion, family, government, or education, the Colombian way of

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    The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia, otherwise known as FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) was originally established in 1964 from a fractioned group of the Columbian Communist Party. It was formed during a war between the political parties that consisted of liberals and conservatives. After the Violence aka "La Violencia" which left around 200,000 people dead over a 15 year span many peasants fled their homes including one Manuel

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    Colombia’s infamous FARC (Las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Colombia; translated to Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) has been engaged in armed conflict with Colombian National Forces, as well as other right-winged paramilitary factions, dating back to the early 1960s. Skirmishes between the two military and terror groups have resulted in the displacement of nearly five million residents and to the death of 215,000 civilians and soldiers. Tracing back the roots of FARC to the Colombian

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    Revolucionarias de Colombia or the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) movement. We will provide examples of the most recent terrorist activities within the country of Colombia that have been perpetrated by the FARC and provide a graphic example showing where these events occurred. This paper will explore elements of the countries physical or human geography that contributes to the occurrence of terrorist activity. We will evaluate the impact terrorism has had within the country of Colombia, both regionally

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    The Wayuu people today, number over 400,000 spread over the northern parts of both Colombia and Venezuela, and speak their own language known as Wayuunaiki. They are a society organized into twelve clans, with the associated animal name passed down through the generations. Being a matrilineal society, the mother's bloodline holds the clan name, and women hold high positions in the Wayuu society. They practice nomadic pastoralism, herding goats and roaming in the arid desert. The large majority of

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    The Drug war in Mexico and Colombia has persisted for decades and will continue to do so if we don’t change our plan of action. Colombia notoriously was and still continues to be a major drug producer, exporting a large percentage of its drugs to the U.S and neighboring Latin America. Analysts predict that Mexico is soon becoming the next Colombia of the 1960-1990 era and has the potential to surpass Colombia in terms of producing, selling and distributing drugs both domestically and internationally

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    The Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) rebelled against the arranged Government in 1964. Besides their intentions were helping the lower marginalized class in the beginning, they turned to extreme methods to meet their goals, such as kidnapping, assassinations, and drug trafficking. This conflict has been ongoing for over 50 years, but last year a ceasefire agreement was signed, which polarized the population because it provided amnesty and even financial

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    Case Study: Chiquita in Colombia: Funding Paramilitary Groups to Protect Business and Employees Presented by: Valerie Reese Case Summary: United Fruit Company, a company that grows bananas in Central America and exports them to North America and Europe, became Chiquita Brands International in 1984 through a series of mergers and control changes (Maurer, 2012, p. 485). Chiquita Brands relocated its headquarters to Cincinnati, Ohio, and began to expand its holdings

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    this paper is to highlight The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and their fight to equality. In 1964 Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) were established. In the U.S., we know them as The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. This the name they use now but was originally named the Sothern Bloc. They surfaced because of the civil war from 1948 to 1958, known as La Violencia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People 's Army, 2017). After the civil war, many of the population

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    Case Report: Blood Bananas: Chiquita in Colombia BUSA 4980 Chiquita Brands international was founded in 1899 after the merger of United Fruit Company and the Boston Fruit Company. As bananas be came more of a staple in every home so do Chiquita Bananas. Bananas are know to mainly grown in tropical places like Central America, Africa and Southeast Asia. Chiquita decided to have operations out of Colombia. During this time there was turmoil in Colombia and different terror groups form “against

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