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Venezuela deports suspected drug smugglers to Colombia, Canada and United States

Washington Post - Jan 25, 2012
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela on Tuesday deported three suspected drug smugglers wanted in the United States, Canada and Colombia, touting the moves as proof the government of President Hugo Chavez is making strides in fighting trafficking.

Colombia Peso Bond Yields Fall to Three-Month Low on Rate Bets

BusinessWeek - Jan 24, 2012
24 (Bloomberg) -- Colombia's peso bonds rose, pushing yields on benchmark bonds to fall to a three-month low, on speculation the central bank will hold off on raising interest rates this month. The yield on the nation's 9.25 percent bonds due in May ...

Tracking down Colombia's missing manhole covers

Los Angeles Times - Jan 24, 2012
... give in to leftist guerrillas who demanded monthly "vaccinations," or a slow drip of payments in money and livestock. "The only thing we from Santuario fear is being afraid." Workers in Colombia examine manhole covers , which have been disappearing .

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Colombia books

Lonely Planet Colombia

by: J. M. Porup, Kevin Raub, Cesar G. Soriano, Robert Reid
Lonely Planet knows Colombia. Whether you want to strill the cobbled streets of colonial Cartagena, bask on a dazzling Caribbean beach, sample some of the world's finest java on a coffee plantation or show off your salsa moves at a packed Cali nightclub, our 5th edition takes you there.

Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip.
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Michelin Green Guide Colombia

by: Michelin
Colombia, a new addition to the Green Guide series, brings to life this amazingly diverse land whether your travels take you to the Amazon River and the surrounding rain forest, the rolling plantations and coffee-farms set in Zona Cafetera's verdant valleys, or the vibrant nightlife and great museums of Bogota, Medellin and Cali. With each page packed with sight descriptions, maps and color photos, Michelin makes sure you'll see the best Colombia has to offer.
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Colombia - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

by: Kate Cathey
Colombia is a magical country, full of spectacular varied landscapes, rare ecosystems, succulent tropical fruits, salsa and cumbia music, and kind, fun-loving people. The modern culture is a synthesis of Spanish, indigenous, and African traditions, evident in the music, the food, and Barranquilla’s famous Carnaval. The country’s major cities are modern and cosmopolitan, with an international style and consumerism that makes them feel more like cities in the USA than Latin America.
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Colombia Handbook, 4th

by: Anna Maria Espsater

Watch the sun set with an evening cocktail on the ramparts of Cartagena’s walled city, trek through the rainforest to Ciudad Perdida or stay on a coffee finca in the Zona Cafetera, Footprint’s 4th edition of the Colombia Handbook is the perfect companion for the adventurous traveler wanting to get the most out of this vivacious country. The land of coffee, emeralds and Gabriel Garcia Marquez is firmly back on the traveler’s ‘must-see’ map and Footprint’s new edition is the ideal companion to help you make sense of it all.
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Raw Video: Boy Adopts Rare Bear in Colombia

A Colombian boy who found a so-called spectacled bear cub near his remote rural home looked after it for weeks until his parents finally called the authorities. Vets said the three-month old female cub was in good health thanks to the boy. (Jan. 7)

 

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Texas Teen Deported to Colombia Back Home

A Texas teen who was deported to Colombia after claiming to be an illegal immigrant was returned to the United States. (Jan. 7)

 

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COLOMBIA: Would you take the risk?

WATCH THE WHOLE VIDEO, it´s worth!!! Would you take the risk to travel to Colombia? Have you been informed certainly? See this video till the end and knows what Colombia means... COLOMBIA IS PASSION!!!! BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE, BRIGHT CULTURE AND AMAZING LANDSCAPES.

 

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a constitutional republic in northwestern South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the northwest by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean. Colombia also shares maritime borders with Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. With a population of over 45 million people, Colombia has the 29th largest population in the world and the second largest in South America, after Brazil. Colombia has the third largest Spanish-speaking population in the world after Mexico and Spain. The territory of what is now Colombia was originally inhabited by indigenous nations including the Muisca, Quimbaya, and Tairona. The Spanish arrived in 1499 and initiated a period of conquest and colonization killing or taking as slaves almost 90% of that native population, and then creating the Viceroyalty of New Granada (comprising modern-day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, the northwest region of Brazil and Panama) with its capital in Bogotá.Independence from Spain was won in 1819, but by 1830 "Gran Colombia" had collapsed with the secession of Venezuela and Ecuador. What is now Colombia and Panama emerged as the Republic of New Granada. The new nation experimented with federalism as the Granadine Confederation (1858), and then the United States of Colombia (1863), before the Republic of Colombia was finally ...

 

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Colombia's new scheme to reach reconciliation

Paramilitary warlords and drug traffickers stole millions of acres of prime farmland during 40 years of conflict in Colombia. Now, the government of President Juan Manuel Santos has promised to return the stolen land to its rightful owners as part of an ambitious land restitution programme to compensate the victims. Under the new initiative, former fighters are reintegrated into society, and work to remedy their wrongs. Al Jazeera's Monica Villamizar reports from Montererey, Colombia.