Colombia

Colombia is a country of beauty that captures the hearts of its inhabitants and of tourists. The friendly people, breathtaking landscapes, delicious food and gorgeous women are many things that make this country such a good place. But a continuous war that has lasted 54 years, plagues the country and has destroyed its image. In the 60’s paramilitary groups and guerrillas arose from Communist influence, and political injustice in the country. From the start of the 21st century Colombia has been…

Colombia, a beautiful country where I was raised. I get to see the beauty and life that many others didn’t get to see in the 80s and 90s because of one man; Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria. I’ve taken an interest on research Escobar, because after almost twenty-three years of being dead, his name is still being connected to Colombia; a country that traffics cocaine. Drugs and violence from Colombia may be what people from the outside see without visiting the country or at least learning about it…

Since the 1970’s, drug trafficking has become a big part of Colombia. Colombia supplies most of the cocaine consumed around the world. It is not a wealthy country and lacks state control; and without any authority, the land is used for all kinds of illegal activities such as growing drugs. Pablo Escobar was a drug lord who used the land for growing coca to smuggle into the U.S. He was kind to his hometown by donating his money to them, but he also killed if anyone did not obey to his rules.…

Spanish oppression, Venezuelans rebelled against colonial rule in 1749, but did not succeed until 1810, when Spain was weakened by Napoleon Bonaparte’s invasion; in 1811, Venezuela’s Independence Act was signed. In 1829, Venezuela seceded from Gran Colombia to become its own independent state. It goes through several presidents before Antonio Guzman Blanco is elected; he modernized infrastructure, built foreign economic relations, and established agriculture and education programs. The country…

the height of its power was smuggling fifteen tons of cocaine a day, which was worth more than half a billion dollars. Pablo Escobar is responsible for making cocaine the global drug of choice. He did this by transporting cocaine by the ton from Colombia to larger markets in both America and Europe. (Watson and Katel 18). He was also the top cocaine boss in the Medellín Cartel. The alliance of Mexico’s Ochoa family, Escobar, Jose Gonzalo Rodrigues Gacha, and Carlos Ledher is known as the…

Abortion in Colombia Introduction Colombia has the highest rate of abortions in latin America "113 abortions per 1,000 pregnancies". Thousands of families have had to seek refuge in the neighbor cities out of fear of the drug lords.mColombia sex education system has failed to reduce teen motherhood. BodyA.Legality of abortions Colombia has the highest rate of abortions in latin America "113 out of every 1,000 pregnancies" If an abortion is made by another reason than the ones stablished in the…

global poverty, health and climate change. Women have been in a continuous effort to promote health, educational and environmental sustainability programs. In exchange, women are facing countless obstacles to ensure gender equality. Colombia has until recently been highly affected by decades of violent armed conflicts. Today, peace processes are having considerable success on solving these conflicts, but several social problems still persist. One of these problems…

affected every citizen of the cities and towns in multiple ways. Venezuela and Colombia had violent history with cocaine, but Venezuela had more of a problem with the people of the government and wanting to be able to provide for their families from planting the coca plant legally. This paper will argue that Latin America has been extremely effected by the violent events that have occurred from the war on Drug, especially in Colombia. Narcos, which is a TV show made by Netflix, that re-creates…

lord that smuggled 80% of cocaine into the United States. In the 80’s and 90’s , a lot of buildings in Miami were made from cocaine money.( Colombia 's Ruthless Drug Kingpin, Pablo Escobar." )Born in December 1 , 1949 and died on December 2 1943. Leader of the Cartel of Medellin with a net worth of about $30billion. La Catedral was a prison in Medellin , Colombia. Made under an agreement in 1991 with the Colombian Government , also built in 1991.It was built by the orders of Pablo Escobar. The…

Ever since the Spanish settlement in the 16th century, the country has worked as a service economy. In 1821, Panama broke out from Spain and joined Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, calling themselves the Republic of Gran Colombia. When it dissolved in 1830, Panama remained part of Colombia, and in 1903 along with U.S support it became separated from Colombia. The United States and Panama signed a treaty that allowed the construction of a canal, and that also gave sovereignty to the U.S over a…