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    Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army mostly know as the FARC is a guerrilla that affected Colombia since 1964. It has been blamed for military tactics in addition with more unconventional methods, including terrorism. It manages an anti-imperialism political platform. Their operations are financed by kidnapping and its respective rescue money. They sustain themselves from illegal mining extortion in various forms of economic movement and distribution of illegal substances, affecting

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    Colombia is not the only country with a negative image in developed countries. Each day, there are news about the social, environmental, political aspects of a destination and it creates an idea in people’s minds, this could be either positive or negative depending on the individual and its background. Countries can develop image branding or increase the advertising power but one image can change anything they have worked for. We believe this is the problem the Colombian government has to fight

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    The United States ( Us )

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    continue to expand collaboration efforts across the Americas to support democratic consolidation, deter drug trafficking, counter insurgency and counter organized crime (NSS, 2015). As the current political crisis between the Inspector General and the Bogota Mayor unwinds, it is highly likely that all of these efforts will come into play to keep Colombia on a path toward peace and stability. As such, we must support the resolution of longstanding regional conflicts, particularly Columbia’s peace discussions

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    research study comparing the opinions of mothers who have experienced caesarean section births, with and without immediate skin-to-skin contact after birth. Skin-to-skin contact (initially called Kangaroo care) was first studied in the early 1980s in Bogota, Colombia. At the time

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    CONTABLE - Archivo - Archivo Digital de Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo desde 1.990 - eltiempo.com Vivamos EL TIEMPO Conéctate Regístrate Martes 22 de octubre de 2013 Portada Temas del día Millonarios Opinión Política Justicia Bogotá Deportes Gasolina Entretenimiento Precio de la gasolina Reportajes Tecnología Clasificados Secciones TransMilenio Muerte de grafitero Catherine Ibargüen eltiempo.com Juan Gossaín Buscador Noticias PUBLICIDAD Últimas

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    Bolivar returned to fight another day in 1813. He declared a ‘war to the death’ against Spain. He gained support from Colombia and drove the Spanish out of the Magdalena River area and amassed himself a large army. Civilian leaders in Cartagena then gave him permission to liberate western Venezuela. He did so and continued to take Caracas in August of 1813. This was known as Simon Bolivar’s “Admiral Campaign”. He went on to declare a second republic and assumed his role as a military dictator. “The

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    cultural wealth of its people, Colombia remains a nation divided. Some even take it a step further: according to Colombian expert and scholar Garry Leech, even though it is considered by many to be Latin America’s oldest democracy, “the government in Bogotá has never effectively controlled all of the national territory” (Leech 5). Due to rough, mountainous terrain and a population

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    Colombia and Spain are very different countries in economic, and cultural. Live in two different countries is a unique experience that opens the minds of people to have a new way of thinking and looking at things. In my case I particularly experienced in these two countries almost the same time in each of them, now I understand more and more the way of life of each country. Colombia has amazing places as Spain. In this case, something that I love of both places is the people, because

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    Colombia

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    that Colombia has is a Republic, which their president is Juan Manuel Santos, and the currency they use is a Colombian Peso. Their population is 47.15 million, and they have a life expectancy of 75.25 years. The capital of Colombia is Santa Fe de Bogota, which holds 8.743 million people of Colombia's population. "The flag of Colombia is set up in the colors that have meanings of the country. Yellow represents all the gold found in the Colombian land, blue represents the sea on Colombia's shores,

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    entering and winning talent competitions at age ten, and started learning to play guitar at 11 years of age, a story runs that at 11 years of age she was kicked out of her school choir for singing to forcefully. In 1990, at age 13, Shakira moved to Bogotà with hopes of pursuing a modeling career, but wound up singing a record deal with Sony’s Colombian division instead. Dissatisgied with the pop inclinations of the follow-up, 1993’s Peligro, Shakira changed direction for a time, joining the cast of

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