Government of Colombia

Republic of Colombia’s Culture On 20 July 1810, the Republic of Colombia was established; when three countries emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia. Forty six million people make up the population of Colombia, made up of mostly Mestizo ethnicity. In most cultures, the national religion is Roman Catholic with the national language being Spanish. Considered as a republic that follows a democratic structure; though, the governments known to be corrupt from the influence of the drug…

Finally, the economy is one of the most influential geo-cultural structures that has been used by regional and international agents in Plan Colombia. Nothing has influenced the trade of narcotics more than this structure, as it is through the economy that the supply and demand for narcotics is maintained. As long as there continues to be a demand for narcotics such as cocaine, drug traffickers will be kept in business. They are aided by the economy at all times. The FARC also operates using…

point of the cocaine trade, Medellin, Colombia, was dubbed the “most dangerous city on Earth” by TIME magazine at the height of the cartel’s power. It bore the highest homicide rate and was plagued by civil conflict, which set the stage for illicit drug trafficking to occur. Presently, it ranks as the 49th most dangerous city, and it is speculated by both the DEA and Colombian National police that more than 300 drug smuggling organizations are active within Colombia today, all contributing to…

eager person or a monster while his family and the poor saw him as an idol, and he unleashed the war in Colombia. Firstly, Pablo Escobar was considered a criminal because…

Colombia for the last five decades has gone through the struggles caused by the actions of several guerrilla groups in its country. Outside countries have defined the guerrilla groups of Colombia as terrorist groups due to the actions the group has taken throughout its existence. The largest guerilla group in Colombia, also the oldest group is FARC. This group has a long violent history in Colombia, involving it in both domestic and narco-terrorism. The guerilla group FARC has impacted Colombia…

He held this indestructible image of strength; he was able to easily shape the minds of young people in Medellin. The NACLA Report on the Americas, interviewed a 19 year old boy by the name of Chucho. He claims that he couldn 't believe that the government took down a person like Pablo Escobar. He used the word "invincible" to describe the drug lord. Pablo Escobar didn 't just create an image for himself, but he forced the people to believe…

education, government, and religion to maintain social stability. As such, homosexuality is viewed as dysfunctional in the Colombian social system, regardless of the more recent laws on the books for gay rights. Traditionally, Colombia’s culture is based in the religious teaching of Catholicism, though the government has been working towards a comparable legislations like America. As a transfer student from Bogota, Columbia, my interviewee said, “Colombia likes to mimic America in their…

The South American country of Colombia has usually been recognized for it’s exports of both crude and refined petroleum, coal, and coffee. However, after the life and criminal reign of Pablo Escobar, Colombia became internationally recognized as an exporter of a different good— cocaine. Although the record of cocaine exports from Colombia dates back far past the time of Pablo Escobar, he is one of, if not the most, successful Drug Kingpin of all time, and is responsible for implementing a drug…

Since the 1950s, Colombia has been marked by violence, bombings, and assassinations which has hindered its progress into being considered a developed country. On October 2nd, 2016, after several years of negotiations, the government and the Marxist rebel group La FARC, agreed on an official peace treaty, ending the civil war that has plagued the country. It was then laid out in a referendum whether the populace supported “yes” or “no” towards the deal. According to the BBC (2016), most polling…

Armed insurgencies and guerilla warfare have plagued the stability of Latin American governments throughout their paths towards democratic development. In recent discussions of the peace talks between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government, a controversial issue has been whether negotiating with the guerilla would bring political stability to the nation. On one hand, some argue that the inclusion of the FARC in political affairs would ultimately…