Government of Colombia

ensue that will destroy the country. This is not true, because we are already in that war." - Jorge Enrique Mora, former commander of Colombian military. 2014 marks the 50th year that the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) was founded in the rural farmland of Colombia. Citing the inequalities of globalization and corrupting effects of foreign investment, the FARC grew from a grassroots socialist movement into the most powerful guerilla organization in Latin America. The rise to power…

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…

unique country titled the Republic of Colombia, also referred to as simply Colombia. Aside from its current president holding a Nobel Peace Prize from 2016, this country has a lot to offer. Colombia has a beautiful diversity of different landscapes and people. The two most alluring gems of Colombia that seem to stand out in most people's’ minds are Shakira and the National sport of throwing rocks at gunpowder, commonly known as Tejo. The Republic of Colombia, named after Christopher Colombus,…

resistance movement and had an important role in the Spanish American fight for independence. Once he liberated Venezuela, Ecuador, Upper Peru (now Bolivia), Colombia, and Peru from Spanish rule, he was named El Libertador (The liberator). During 1820 and 1824, Bolivar continued to fight to end Spanish power in South America for complete. In 1821 Gran Colombia was under Bolivar’s leadership. Additionally in 1824, he became Dictator of Peru and in 1825, when Bolivia became an independent country,…

developing political ideas would come to be known as the "Cartagena Manifesto". He expressed his belief in the necessity for "unity and centralization" and that popular elections "allowed the ignorant and the ambitious to have their say and placed government in the hands of inept and immoral men who introduced the spirit of faction.” His disdain for royalists was extraordinarily clear and he exclaimed that it would take an enormous amount of force to defeat them. He sought to bring about the…

Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria, born on December 1,1949 to a lower middle-class family was a powerful Colombian drug lord and leader of one of the powerful criminal organization. At his zenith in the 80s', he ran and controlled a vast empire of drugs that covered the globe. He is responsible for hundred's of murder and presided over an empire of luxury mansions, planes, his own private zoo and a personal army comprising of soldiers and hardened criminals. Here are 15 facts about Pablo Escobar, a…

The independence movement in Venezuela, like in other countries in Latin America, was a tumultuous one. Even after the achieval of independence, Venezuela still struggled to maintain a successful government. Before the independence movements, loyalty to the Spanish rule was the common sentiment; a loyalty that would continue even during the Peninsular War. This caused many revolutionaries like Simon Bolivar to resort to wear the mask of Fernando VII in the juntas due to the lack of support…

Introduction Both Colombia as a country and the whole Colombian ethnic group each have a slew of stereotypes to conquer when dealing with other culture groups. One of the more popular and beautiful cities, Medellin, is often portrayed as a dangerous place to visit—full of drug cartels, kidnappings, and homicides. The popularity of cocaine and the illegal drug trade have both left the uninformed public with the opinion that the citizens of Colombia are all drug fanatics and/or murderers. While…

Today civilians in Colombia sadly continue to suffer serious abuse by guerrillas, guerrillas continue to expand and there success rate has grown due to denied rights, and the kidnappings they have done. Guerrillas deny thousands of Colombian citizens their justice by allowing their abuses to escape harsh punishment, they also resort to violence with Colombia that have been displayed more than 5.7 million times to Colombians. 200,000 Colombians would rather leave their homes instead of being…

force in Ecuador. They fought on the muddy slopes of Pichincha Volcano, within sight of Quito. The Fight of Pichincha was a great victory for Sucre and the patriots, who forever drove the Spanish from Ecuador. Bolivar left Santander in charge of Gran Colombia and headed south to meet up with Sucre. On July 26-27, Bolivar met with Jose de San Martin, liberator of Argentina, in Guayaquil. It was decided there that Bolivar would lead the charge into Peru, the last royalist stronghold on the…