pollution‚ levels that may represent a high risk for the population’s health and certainly a reduction in the quality of life of its inhabitants. Bogotá‚ capital of Colombia‚ is one of the largest cities of Latin America; with a population of around 6.5 million and an annual growth rate of 2.081 percent it is the largest urban center in Colombia; it also has the highest rates of environmental deterioration of the country. Air pollution has increased dramatically lately‚ due mainly to the uncontrolled
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AMERICAN MINING COMPANY (AMC) IN COLOMBIA Background AMC is one of the leading coal mining companies in USA that had finished moving nearly all of its coal operation from the southern united state to premier mine in Northeast Colombia. Before move to Colombia.AMC was one of the the top 300 largest private companies in USA that providing high quality coal‚ reliable delivery and excellent service. By moving to Colombia‚ Mine Company provided three of numerous advantages for AMC such as type of
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"And the death of people was as it has always been: as if nobody died‚ nothing like stones that fall on the earth‚ or water on the water" Pablo Neruda The FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) is the most powerful terrorist group in Colombia. It was formed in 1964 by the two communist leaders Manuel Marulanda (known as Tirofijo)‚ and Jacobo Arenas. The mission of this group was to fight against social and economical inequalities. They have used sabotage and terrorism to generate fear in
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Living in two different countries is an experience that opens people’s mind to a new way of thinking. In my case‚ I have lived in Colombia and in the United States‚ and now I understand better United States than ever before. Colombia and the United States have differences in geography‚ traditions‚ and economy. The first difference is the geography. Colombia has 32 states. This country is located in South America. There are mountains almost everywhere in the country‚ but especially where the Amazons
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Each country in the world has their own life style‚ but also in some countries we can found some similarities. Between Colombia and Korea the main similarity is the freedom to choose their own religion such as catholic and Christian. However‚ these two countries have a lot of different but the most relevant are the food‚ language‚ and the philosophy and religious. Every country has the own food which represents it. Likewise‚ Korean has a unique food. It is Kimchi. This traditional dish is
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How has the armed conflict in Colombia affected the quality of life of people‚ especially in rural areas? The armed conflict in Colombia is a social issue that has developed for years in a constant fight between the government and the armed revolutionary groups as FARC‚ this issue brings more issues especially the growing one of the displacement of poor and rural families‚ that these groups force to leave their homes and go away normally they go to cities to the street and loose the little quality
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Many years of armed conflict have created a horrible first view of Colombia. The end of this conflict would be the start of a new chapter for this country. Almost 4 years of peace negotiations and three months after a final deadline‚ the Colombia state and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia have agreed to a bilateral and "definitive" ceasefire. It means begging a transition phase that may contribute to a grater integration of our territories. Surely the accord we’ve achieved isn’t a perfect
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Form of government and national politics • Colombia achieved independence from Spain in 1819. • The country is governed by a national constitution‚ amended on July 5‚ 1991. • Colombia has three branches of Public Power: The Executive‚ the Legislative and the Judiciary. • Colombia has a democratically-elected representative system with a strong executive branch. The President is elected to a non-renewable‚ four-year term. The President is both the chief of state and
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Political war The political origin of the armed conflict in Colombia has its origins from the time of indecency. Then with the birth of communist ideology guerrillas‚ drug trafficking as the main factor of founding‚ prolonging and worsening of the conflict. The war between cartels and forced displacement has hit the Colombian society. These factors have forced the Colombian Army to sustain a conflict that no army in the world has ever faced. These narco-insurgency groups base its actions on the
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The most prominent outlaw groups in Colombia are the FARC‚ Bacrim‚ and ELN who are distributed as shown in Figure 2. “The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) is the oldest and largest group among Colombia’s left-wing rebels and is one of the world’s richest guerrilla armies. The group was founded in 1964‚ when it declared its intention to overthrow the government and install a Marxist regime. But tactics changed in the 1990s‚ as right-wing paramilitary forces attacked the rebels‚ and the
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