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The United States of Colombia (Spanish: Estados Unidos de Colombia) was the name adopted in 1863 [2] [3] by the Constitución de Rionegro for the Granadine Confederation, after years of civil war. Colombia became a federal state itself composed of nine "sovereign states.”
The following is a list of ambassadors of the United States, or other chiefs of mission, to Colombia and its predecessor states. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
The Republic of Colombia is situated largely in the north-west of South America, with some territories falling within the boundaries of Central America.It is bordered to the north-west by Panama; to the east by Brazil and Venezuela; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; [1] and it shares maritime limits with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti.
The largest paramilitary network is the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC)." [ 79 ] Paramilitaries were considered responsible for three quarters of all Colombian political killings between 1995 and 2001, [ 78 ] [ Note 8 ] 52% of the massacres in 1998 (guerrillas were responsible for 20%), [ 81 ] and 49% of the refugee displacements in 1999 ...
Español: Escudo de los Estados Unidos de Colombia, siguiendo las especificaciones de la ley del 26 de noviembre de 1861: Artículo 1: El escudo de armas de los Estados Unidos de Colombia será el mismo de la Confederación Granadina, con la única variación que en la zona elíptica que lo rodea tendrá el ancho de diez centímetros y llevará en la parte superior este lema: "Estados Unidos ...
The building was designed in a Neocolonial style, featuring a replica travertine marble gate of the Palacio de Torre Tagle on its entrance, as well as on the second floor. The three floors of the building served as either storage (basement), a reception area (first floor) or bedrooms (second floor). [ 4 ]
Español: Mapa de Colombia denotando su hidrografía y división administrativa en departamentos y municipios. Mapa compuesto con los mapas localizadores de la categoría Location maps of Colombia . Date
The Pacific Region is located on Colombia's western, Pacific coast, and covers an area of 83,170 km 2 (32,110 sq mi). It extends from the Gulf of Urabá in the north to the border with Ecuador in the south, and includes part of the departments of Nariño, Cauca and Valle de Cauca, and the whole of Chocó Department.