We'll explore Colombia's mountains and valleys, grasslands and forests, and swamps and deserts. We might even see an active volcano! We'll find the tallest palm trees in the world, take a bus ride on a brightly colored chiva, and watch a soccer game.
Father Torres was a gifted student, orator, and thinker, and he returned to Colombia prepared to take on entrenched socioeconomic and political structures. For example, Torres, in his essay, suggests that the violence had produced ...
Colombia is the least understood of Latin American countries. Its human tragedy, which features terrifying levels of kidnapping, homicide and extortion, is generally ignored or exploited. In this urgent new...
The Key Facts on Colombia provides readers with essential statistical and business information on the historical country, including: -Background of Colombia -Geography of Colombia -People and Society of Colombia -Government and Key Leaders ...
It tells the remarkable story of a country that has consistently defied modern Latin American stereotypes—a country where military dictators are virtually unknown, where the political left is congenitally weak, and where urbanization and ...
This is a country in which political bosses vie with popular democracy for control of the country.
Book & CD. This book is an overview of Colombian and U.S. relations and issues.
A settlement located near San Agustin, dating from 3300 BCE, left behind the largest collection of stone artifacts in South America. The San Agustin ruins include sculptures, carvings of animals and humans, crypts, In the last 3,000 ...
Journal of a Residence and Travels in Colombia, During the Years 1823 and 1824
Drug control U.S. nonmilitary assistance to Colombia is beginning to show intended results, but programs are not readily sustainable: report...
In the course of compiling the photographic material for this book, it proved impossible to include all gardens worthyof presentation, nor could all the gardens featured here be photographed at the peak of their splendor.