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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 ...
Many place-name adjectives and many demonyms are also used for various other things, sometimes with and sometimes without one or more additional words. (Sometimes, the use of one or more additional words is optional.) Notable examples are cuisines, cheeses, cat breeds, dog breeds, and horse breeds. (See List of words derived from toponyms.)
Little did Madonna know that Latvia named a town after her, although the misspelling was necessary to avoid royalties. Madrid, Iowa: Pronounced / ˈ m æ d r ɪ d / in American. Mad River: The name of several rivers in Canada and the United States, and a place in California that used to be called "Kuntz". Mafia Island: An island off the coast ...
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.
Colombian president Gustavo Petro casts his vote during Colombia's regional elections in Bogota, on Oct. 29, 2023. Credit - Sebastian Barros—NurPhoto/Getty Images
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.
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 ...
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]