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Colombia
Capital City
Population 2004: 43,000,000
Bogota
Area
1,141,748 sq. km
(440,831 sq. mi.)
Life expectancy at birth in
1970-75:
62
Life expectancy at birth in
2000-05:
72
In the late 1980s, Colombia remained an overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country.
More than 95 percent of the population had been baptized in the Catholic Church,
The Concordat of 1973 defined relations between the Colombian government and the
Vatican. The concordat replaced the clause in the Constitution of 1886 that had
established the Catholic Church as the official religion with one stating that "Roman
Catholicism is the religion of the great majority of Colombians."
Oldest church in
Colombia
Cartagena was the Colombian
city which became centre for the
slave trade during the colony.
Slaves would be brought from
Africa and would be traded for
other good at the walled city
who founded Bogota? Gonzalo
Jiménez de Quesada. Twelve
houses and one church
were built right on top of the Andes.
Bogotá has 8 million people
nowadays.
Who was the first president of
Colombia?
Simon Boliver and Boliver. He also
fought for the independence of
Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and
Boliver. He was born in Venezuela
and died in Santa Marta, a city on
the Caribbean coast of Colombia.
Colombia became independent
under the name of `Republic of
the New Granada`. It consisted
of Colombia, Venezuela,
Ecuador and Panama.
Panama gained independence
from Colombia in 1903. The
strategic location of Panama
helped in getting support from
Washington.
What country did not belong to Colombia when
if first became independent?
Peru, although Bolivar wanted Peru to be part of
Colombia, Peru never did and was a different
country from the beginning.
Carnival float in the Black and
Whites Carnival in Pasto,
Colombia.
•Bogota Colombia (Spanish:Carnaval de Bogotá on August 6th for the citys centenary
of Hispanic foundation.
•Rock at the park (Spanish:Rock Al Parque) in October, second largest rock festival
in Latinamerica after “Rocking in Rio”.
•Iberoamerican Theatre Festival held in Bogotá every two years. It’s the biggest theatre festival in
the world.
•Carnival of Blacks and Whites (Spanish:Carnaval de Negros y Blanos) held from January 4
to January 6 in Pasto
•Bambuco y Sanjuanero Festivals in Neiva held on June 28 and June 29 for Saint Peter’s and
Saint Paul’s days.
•Barranquilla’s Carnival (Spanish: Carnaval de Barranquilla), with a century long recorded history it
holds the second largest carnival parades in the world after Rio de Janeiro’s.
•Cali Fair (Spanish: Feria de Cali), held in Cali from December 25 to New Year's Eve. It is famous
for its Salsa marathon concerts attended by renown salsa bands.
•Manizales Fair (Spanish: Feria de Manizales) celebrated in the city of Manizales the first weeks of
the year.
•Riosucio’s Carnival (Spanish: Carnaval de Riosucio) held in Riosucio Caldas from January 2 to
January 8 each two years.
•The Flowers Fair (Spanish: Feria de las Flores), is held during August in the city of Medellin with its
flowers parade and the main attraction called the Desfile de Silleteros.
GNP (US $) = 94000000000
Population = 43million
GNP per Capita (US $) = 2186
Life expectancy = 72
Combined gross enrolment
ratio for primary, secondary
and tertiary schools (%) = 73
There are many organizations which control the distribution of illegal drugs,
One of Colombia's most powerful drug barons, Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela
Was freed after serving a 15 year sentence in November 2002.
‘The Independent reports that Colombian drug barons could replace Afghan traffickers as
the leading suppliers of heroin to Britain and the rest of the world.
Burmese heroin producers could also move in to fill the vacuum left by poppy-growers and
traffickers in Afghanistan who presently supply Britain and the rest of the world with about
80% of the drug.
(www.drugscope.org.uk)
Colombias most powerful drug baron,
Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela
Demands for drugs has remained
high for many years in the United
States, despite the Government's
Best efforts to eradicate coca leaf
plantations. But the influence of
drug lords contaminated the
country.
The United States developed a strategy
(known as Plan Colombia) with the Pastrana
government to aid the Colombian military to
combat the illegal production of cocaine.
Implementation of the multiyear plan began
in 2001, but critics claimed that it would lead
to a civil war and to the occupation of
Colombia by U.S. troops.
Colombian soldier inspects
a coca plant
In the 1998 presidential election,
Conservative candidate Andrés
Pastrana ran on a peace platform,
promising to reduce conflicts with
guerrilla groups and drug cartels.
Four years later, crime and violence
had increased and the influence of cartels
had grown.
The 2002 presidential elections were
primarily about strategies to put an
end to violence and to effectively
combat the growing influence of drug
cartels in Colombian society.