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Colombia
Colombia , officially Republic of Colombia, republic (2005 est. pop. 42,954,000), 439,735 sq mi (1,138,914 sq km), NW South America. Bogotá is the capital and largest city. The only South American country with both a Caribbean and a Pacific coastline, Colombia is bounded on the northwest by... Read more
Latin America
Latin America the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. The 20 republics are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,... Read more
llanos
llanos , Spanish American term for prairies, specifically those of the Orinoco River basin of N South America, in Venezuela and E Colombia. The llanos of the Orinoco are a vast, hot region of rolling savanna broken by low-lying mesas, scrub forest, and scattered palms. Elevation above sea level neve... Read more
Girardot
Girardot , city (1993 pop. 81,380), central Colombia, on the Bogotá and Magdalena rivers. Girardot is a commercial center and a transportation hub; it has an airport. Coffee and leather goods are the principal products. Founded in 1853, Girardot is noted for its vast number of acacia trees. ... Read more
Ecuador
Ecuador [Span., = equator], officially Republic of Ecuador, republic (2005 est. pop. 13,364,000), 109,483 sq mi (283,561 sq km), W South America. Ecuador is bounded on the north by Colombia, on the south and east by Peru, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. The capital is Quito ; t... Read more
Andes
Andes , mountain system, more than 5,000 mi (8,000 km) long, W South America. The ranges run generally parallel to the Pacific coast and extend from Tierra del Fuego northward, across the equator, as the backbone of the entire continent. The Falkland Islands are a continuation of the Andes, and ev... Read more
New Granada
New Granada , former Spanish colony, N South America. It included at its greatest extent present Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela. Between 1499 and 1510 a host of conquerors explored the Caribbean coast of Panama and South America. After 1514, Pedro Arias de Ávila was successful in as... Read more
Central America
Central America narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. Historically, geographers considered it to extend from the natural boundary of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, S Mexico, to tha... Read more
Chorotega
Chorotega , aboriginal people and language group of Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Little is known of the Chorotega, primarily beause of the absence of extensive ruins. Contemporaneous with the Maya to the northwest, they inhabited principally the Ulúa River valley and the Mosquito C... Read more
Japurá
Japurá , river, c.1,750 mi (2,815 km) long, rising as the Caquetá in the Andes, SW Colombia. It flows SE into Brazil, where it is called the Japurá, and enters the Amazon through a network of channels. It is navigable by small boats in Brazil. ... Read more

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Colombia
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...on the day of his inauguration. Economy Colombia is a lower-middle income developing...include bananas, cocoa, and maize. Colombia also exports coal, oil, emeralds...led to a budget deficit. In 1998 Colombia devalued the peso, triggering...
Colombian Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America ...by Pamela Sturner Overview Colombia lies in the northwest corner...forests of the Amazon basin. The economy depends largely on such agricultural...sugarcane, and tobacco. Colombia produces more than 90 percent...inhabitants of what is now Colombia occupied much of the Andean...
Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...country's president, he headed Colombia's most productive administration...of Church property put its economy on a capitalistic basis. Tom...leading family of southern Colombia. From 1820, when he became...constructive in 19th-century Colombia. It sponsored substantive...
South America
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...governments, notably Bolivia and Colombia, who were either unwilling...quantities of cocaine. Economy Subsistence farming is important...also important: Peru and Colombia are major cultivators of coca leaves, and Colombia supplies more than 50...
Ecuador
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...is bounded on the north by Colombia, on the south and east by...Catholicism is the main religion. Economy In recent years Ecuador's...imports. The United States, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, and Brazil...Bolívar to Greater Colombia. With the dissolution of that...
Rafael Reyes
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...however, he was outside Colombia. In 1904, with the support...disastrous bloodletting and Colombia's loss of its province of...control and to reorganize the economy. The floating of foreign loans...Gerardo Arrubla, History of Colombia, translated by J. Fred Rippy...
Wanano
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...in Spanish) originates in Colombia and flows southeast into Brazil...estimated 900 reported for Colombia. Linguistic Affiliation...for rubber provided wages in Colombia and the lower Rio Negro. Opportunities...in villages of relatives. Economy Subsistence and Commercial...
Barí
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...and 900 square kilometers in Colombia — in the upper reaches...100 in Venezuela and 500 in Colombia. Almost all the Colombian...in Venezuela and another in Colombia in 1974. On both reservations...farming and spear-fishing economy has been massively supplemented...
Drug Traffic
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...peasant farmers in Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, and Ecuador have...the South American nations of Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru. The...been overlooked by the global economy and resort to or tolerate drug...states — Bolivia, Colombia, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico...
Guajiro
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...are an Indian group living in Colombia and Venezuela. The name...peninsula is divided by the Colombia-Venezuela border; although...approximately 47,000 Guajiro in Colombia. There are an estimated 60...which is protected by a fence. Economy Subsistence and Commercial...

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Colombia
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...headstreams of the Amazon. Economy Colombia has a wide range of agricultural...food production. About 5% of Colombia's total area is arable, while...of political stability, and Colombia's economy has recovered from the setbacks...
Peru
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...America, bounded by Ecuador and Colombia on the north, Brazil and Bolivia...cooled by the Peru Current. Economy Exports include copper, zinc...cultivation of coca, processed in Colombia into cocaine. History Peru...Peru into his state of Gran Colombia (which comprised present...
Panama
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Costa Rica to the west and Colombia to the east. Physical Along...on the coastal plains. Economy International finance and...Spain as a province of Gran Colombia. Despite nationalist insurrections against Colombia in the 19th century, the...
Venezuela
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Caribbean Sea. It is bounded by Colombia on the west, Brazil on the...the highest in the world. Economy The Venezuelan economy is dominated by state-owned...n BOLÍVAR of Gran Colombia. When this collapsed (1829...
Ecuador
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Physical Ecuador is bounded by Colombia on the north-east and Peru...the climate is temperate. Economy The oil industry, nationalized...export, but otherwise the economy is primarily agricultural with...independence, joining Gran COLOMBIA . When this broke up (1830...
Bolivia
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...lighter woodland and grass. Economy The mountains of Bolivia offer...Agriculture is the mainstay of the economy despite periodic droughts and...freely; it is smuggled to Colombia for processing. Bolivia's economy has suffered from protracted...
Andean Group
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...at Cartagena in 1969 between Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, and Chile...members relative to the more developed economies of Latin America. In 1984 a new Andean...involved in tense border disputes with Colombia. Latin American Integration Association
OAS
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...aims such as the common fight on drugs and international money laundering, which exposed the economies of the main drug producing states, notably Colombia. Inter-American cooperation was also undermined by the economic crises in South America...
Jenkins' Ear, War of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...1739 but met with disastrous failure in 1741 at Cartagena, Colombia's principal port. James Oglethorpe, having clinched an...Jr. Indians, Settlers, and Slaves in a Frontier Exchange Economy: The Lower Mississippi Valley before 1783. Chapel Hill...

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The drug economy. (Colombia)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 4/2/1988; 700+ words ; ...year was 2.3% Of GDP. Colombia is largely a private-sector...state hands. Unfortunately, Colombia is also just about the most violent drug economy in the world. Cocaine replaced...The drugs barons murdered Colombia's last attorney-general...
ECONOMY-COLOMBIA: GOV'T UPSET BY MOODY'S DOWNGRADING
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 8/14/1999; 700+ words ; ...to the "weakening of Colombia's economic fundamentals...week that the Colombian economy, long a "star" in...Republica (central bank), Colombia's foreign debt stands...was destabilizing the economy. But Roberto Steiner...fact that they are in Colombia, have taken special...
ECONOMY-COLOMBIA: GROWTH SURPASSES GOV'T PROJECTIONS
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 5/26/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...The Colombian economy grew 2.6 percent in...which represents Colombia's 30 leading productive...indicators point to a weak economy, a consequence of Colombia...we really have is an economy that has not pulled...municipalities in northeastern Colombia are protesting the government...
ECONOMY-COLOMBIA: THREE YEARS OF HIGHER TAXES AND SPENDING CUTS
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 12/23/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...reactivate economic growth. Colombia's GDP is projected to have...Unitaria de Trabajadores (CUT), Colombia's strongest trade union...instead of reactivating the economy, it will end up deepening...IMF was mistaken in blaming Colombia's economic woes on the fiscal...
ECONOMY-COLOMBIA: UNIONS LASH OUT AGAINST IMF TAX REFORMS
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 10/5/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Confederacin de Trabajadores de Colombia. The three central trade unions...Unitaria de Trabajadores, Colombia's largest trade union, told...and services. The Colombian economy, still in the grip of its...decline in living conditions for Colombia's very poor," argued Garzn...
ECONOMY-COLOMBIA: MONEY FROM ABROAD HELPS EASE IMPACT OF CRISIS
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 7/26/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...exports since Vietnam eclipsed Colombia as the world's second-largest...An estimated 63 percent of Colombia's 42 million people live...are active in the informal economy, earning less than the legal...World Bank representative in Colombia, said there are more poor...
ECONOMY-COLOMBIA: SIGNS THAT ECONOMY IS FINALLY LOOKING UP
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 4/6/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...worst seems to be over for the economy of war-torn Colombia, in the grip of its worst crisis...five percent contraction of the economy in 1999, the worst performance...attributed January's revival of the economy to a drop in interest rates...
PRESIDENT BUSH MEETS WITH CABINET, DISCUSSES ECONOMY, COLOMBIA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 4/14/2008; 618 words ; ...important part of making sure this economy begins to recover in a way...action the Speaker took on the Colombia free trade agreement. This...that we stiff an ally like Colombia, and that we don't encourage...as FHA modernization or the Colombia free trade agreement or making...
Normalizing the drug economies: Colombia's legalization debate
Magazine article from: NACLA Report on the Americas; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Samper, at the time head of Colombia's then-powerful and influential...Institutions (ANIF), proposed that Colombia should "study the legalization...laws and norms that govern our economy, our society and our government." In this same era, Colombia's Comptroller General, Anibal...
Rebel strife devastates economy in Colombia: `Tough period' leads to devaluation.(World)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 7/5/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...rights situation in Colombia is "one of the gravest...positive impact on the economy," said Mike Skol...effect of collapsing economies in South America...Andean country hurts the economies of the other Andean...Skol. "Venezuela's economy is just as bad as Colombia's, and that's...