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Archipelago of San Andres, Providencia and Santa Catalina, CO | Department of Colombia |
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Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia | |||
Departamento del Amazonas, CO | Department of Colombia |
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Departamento del Antioquia, CO | Department of Colombia |
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Departamento del Arauca, CO | Department of Colombia |
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Departamento del Bolivar, CO | Department of Colombia |
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Departamento del Caldas, CO | Department of Colombia |
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Departamento del Cauca, CO | Department of Colombia |
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Departamento del Choco, CO | Department of Colombia |
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Departamento del Cundinamarca, CO | Department of Colombia |
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Departamento del Huila, CO | Department of Colombia |
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Departamento del Magdalena, CO | Department of Colombia |
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Departamento del Quindio, CO | Department of Colombia |
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Departamento del Risaralda, CO | Department of Colombia |
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Departamento del Tolima, CO | Department of Colombia |
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Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary | Marine Environ |
Physiographic Features | Type | AsNotedIn |
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Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | Mountain Range |
Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama - The World Factbook
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Demonym: | Colombian |
Corruption Perceptions Index - 2014, Transparency International: | 94 |
Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A four-decade long conflict between government forces and anti-government insurgent groups, principally the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) heavily funded by the drug trade, escalated during the 1990s. More than 31,000 former paramilitaries had demobilized by the end of 2006 and the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) as a formal organization had ceased to function. In the wake of the paramilitary demobilization, emerging criminal groups arose, whose members include some former paramilitaries. The insurgents lack the military or popular support necessary to overthrow the government, but continue attacks against civilians. Large areas of the countryside are under guerrilla influence or are contested by security forces. In October 2012, the Colombian Government started formal peace negotiations with the FARC aimed at reaching a definitive bilateral ceasefire and incorporating demobilized FARC members into mainstream society and politics. The Colombian Government has stepped up efforts to reassert government control throughout the country, and now has a presence in every one of its administrative departments. Despite decades of internal conflict and drug related security challenges, Colombia maintains relatively strong democratic institutions characterized by peaceful, transparent elections, and the protection of civil liberties. - The World Factbook
Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
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100 years of Solitude | Novel | Gabriel Garcia Marquez | ||
Autumn of the Patriarch | Book | Gabriel Garcia Marquez | ||
Cosas peores (short story collection) | Short Story Collection |
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Margarita Garcia Robayo | |
News of a Kidnapping (book) | History Book | Gabriel Garcia Marquez | ||
No One Writes to the Colonel | Book | Gabriel Garcia Marquez | ||
Our Lady of the Assassins | Book | Fernando Vallejo | ||
The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll (book) | Omnibus | Alvaro Mutis | ||
The Death of Artemio Cruz | Book | Carlos Fuentes | ||
The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (Short Story) | Short Story | Gabriel Garcia Marquez |
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