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On the other hand, forced displacement in Colombia since the start of Colombian armed conflict in the 1960s, although mostly taking place within the borders of the country, [8] has forced anywhere between 360 thousand to 2.9 million people to become refugees abroad, mostly low-income individuals; though these numbers are highly unreliable due ...
The Tango Festival takes place in Barrio Manrique of Medellín where is the "Tangovía" and a monument to Gardel. Vallenato: This music from the Caribbean Region of Colombia , has found in the Paisa Region its place. It was brought especially by young students from the north of Colombia who came to study in the Andean cities.
The Awá, also known as the Kwaiker or Awa-Kwaiker, are an ancient [quantify] indigenous people of Ecuador and Colombia. They primarily inhabit the provinces of Carchi and Sucumbios in northern Ecuador and southern Colombia, particularly the departments of Nariño and Putumayo. Their population is around 32,555. [1] They speak a language called ...
The war in Colombia, also known as the Colombian conflict, started in 1964 during the Cold War. [8] Between 1958 and 2013, more than 200,000 people died in the conflict in Colombia, with 81% being civilians. [9] The government in Colombia has been in conflict with several insurgent groups and ideological factions during this period. [8]
Gustavo Petro, Colombia's president, is positioning the country as a case study for how state built on fossil-fuel wealth can decarbonize.
Colombia, [b] officially the Republic of Colombia, [c] is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Peru and Ecuador to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest.
In the Pacific Ocean, Colombia only has borders with three countries (Costa Rica, Ecuador and Panama), all of which are defined by current treaties. The Pacific is the site of a large part of the country's exports and imports of products. Colombia's maritime territory in these waters totals 339.200 km 2 (130.966 sq mi).
BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia, host nation for this year's United Nations COP16 biodiversity conference, was the deadliest country for environmentalists and land rights defenders in 2023, with a ...