Gran Colombia

The historical development of the Republic of Colombia has endured a significant component of a long-lasting political violence. Ever since independence in July 20th, 1810, the former Spanish colony has been engulfed into an ideological struggle over the state’s governance. After the altercation between royalists and separatists, another one arose between supporters of centralism and federalism. The Spaniards ceased the opportunity and re-conquered the incipient republic in 1816. Yet, this…

Griselda Blanco was her name and other’s new her by her nicknames like the “Black Widow,” “The Godmother,” and “Queen of Cocaine” was born in Cartagena, Columbia on February 15, 1943 but she grew up in Medellin, Columbia. It is said that she suspected of murdering over 200 people. And while hiding from the law for 10 years she was responsible for having cocaine transported from her hometown Columbia to New York, Miami, and also Southern California. But she couldn't run forever because she got…

reiterate my partner and I firmly negate this month's resolution, and believe that the United States should continue Plan Colombia. Plan colombia has been responsible for major economic growth in colombia, has been essential in achieving peace in colombia and has the ability to adapt to colombia’s complex status and as such the we believe the U.S should continue Plan colombia. Plan colombia’s initiatives weren’t only to combat against Colombia’s ever growing cocaine production/distribution…

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…

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…

trafficking queen from Colombia who trafficked cocaine and killed her enemies and husbands for power and revenge. In order to better understand Blanco it is important to know more about her childhood and find out what led her to her massive killings and life of crime. Throughout my paper I will be explaining why Griselda Blanco's crime history is a great example of both social process and social conflict theory. To start off, Griselda Blanco was born on February 15, 1943 in Cartagena, Colombia.…

José Salvador Alvarenga was born in Garita Palmera, El salvador and still lives there today. His living profession is being a fisherman. on november 17,2012 off the coast of Costa Azul,Chiapas, mexico on a fishing trip where he had been thrown off course by a storm. on the first day he had motor trouble and kept drifting farther and farther away. when Jose and his friend which he never had given a name of him realized that they might be in some trouble so they started to try to find an…

Juaquin Guzman Loera, most commonly known as “El Chapo” is one of the world’s most famous drug lords. Many people see him as a man of opportunities because he offers many jobs with his business, but others see him as a man who with his business kills many people. El Chapo is the head of the Sinaloa drug cartel and is currently one of the most wanted criminals in the United States, due to the fact that his drugs have killed many American people. He is a person that many people talk about and know…

The Biography of Shakira Introduction Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll is a colombian singer and dancer. She was born to a lebanese father and a colombian mother. She has many arab and latin influences in her music due to her different heritages. She also has millions of supporters and fans and continues to do what she does best. Childhood An important part of her dancing started out when she was a child. She was went to eat and when she began to sit down she noticed a belly dancer, without a…

Go to vacation destinations most often include glamorous European cities such as London or Paris. These destinations, however, can become a bit too overwhelming with crawling tourists determined to capture the iconic photo moments in a red phone booth near the Big Ben or hundreds of feet from the Eiffel Tower. The United Nation’s World Tourism Organization reported that of the 1,186 million international tourist arrivals around the world in 2015, 51 percent, or 608 million, had visited Europe.…