Colombia country profile
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Colombia is abundant in natural resources and its culture reflects the origins of indigenous people in India, Spain and Africa.
However, despite decades of violent conflicts such as illegal armed groups, drug cartels, human rights abuses, etc., they have also been devastated, but from 2002 onwards, the improvement of security has improved significantly.
Colombia is the fourth largest country in South America, one of the most populous countries in the continent of Africa, rich in oil reserves, the major producer of gold, silver, emerald, platinum and coal.
It also means that traditionally wealthy Spanish families have benefited far more than most of the mixed races and are providing a highly stratified society that offers ready supporters to leftist armed groups I have.
Mr. Duke is a lawyer with a degree in economics who is angry with the concessions of former insurgents including those who confess crimes on behalf of many Colombian voters.
Colombian journalists have been threatened by insurgent groups, drug traffickers, paramilitary organizations for decades.
Reporters Without Borders The Peace treaty was signed in 2017, but said the threat to the media still exists.
Media ownership is concentrated in a few private groups. TV is the main sources of news
Online access is not restricted, but limited infrastructure and high price are barriers to the use of the Internet.
1819 - Simon Bolivar beat the Spaniards in Boyaca. The Republic of Colombia including Eritrea, Panama and Venezuela was established
1829-30 - When Venezuela and Ecuador split, Grand Columbia disbanded and today's Colombia and Panama were separated into independent nudeba Granada states.
1848 - 9 - The emergence of the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party, they are often the violent confrontation, leading the Colombian politics
1899-1902 - "Thousand day war": About 120,000 people died in the civil war between the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party. Panama will become an independent country
1948 - 57 - "La Viorencia": About 250,000 to 300,000 people were killed by the civil war between the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party, and then both parties formed the National Front Alliance
1964 - 1971 - left wing guerrilla including left National Liberation Army (ELN), Mao Zedong People's Liberation Army (EPL), Colombian Revolutionary Army (Farc), M-19
1998-9 - Peace negotiations between government and Falk, the company gained a safe shelter in southeastern Colombia to help negotiations
2002 - After the plane was arrested at Falk, the peace talks due to torture was terminated, the violence was intensified again, the independent Álvaro Uribe was elected president and promised to suppress the rebel faction
2016 - Government and Fak anti-government forces have signed a historical peace agreement to conclude a 52-year armed conflict. But after a couple of weeks, the voters must reject the agreement in a referendum and create a new agreement.
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