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UPDATE 2-Colombia cenbank cuts key rate 50 bps to 3.5 pctAdds quote, context) By Javier Mozzo Colombia's central bank on Monday said it cut its key overnight interest rate 50 basis points to 3.5 percent, citing a reduction in trade with Venezuela and low economic activity through September. In this article: Colombia, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Recession, Inflation, U.S. Federal Reserve, and United States |
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AP Online | 2 days ago
Venezuela: No direct talks with Colombia on bases
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela has no interest in talking directly to Colombia to end a monthslong crisis but would support an effort by other South American nations to broker a solution, a top government official said Sunday. Deputy...
In this article: Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Francisco Arias Cardenas, United States, Bogota, Caracas, Union of South American Nations, Simon Bolivar, and Washington
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washingtonpost.com | 2 days ago
Colombia's Uribe seeks to ease Venezuela tensions
...that cross over the border because they had been used by drug traffickers and smugglers. Colombia criticized the action as an aggression and said it would denounce it before the United Nations and the Organization of American States.
In this article: Alvaro Uribe, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Cocaine, OPEC, Organization of American States, U.S., and United Nations
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 3 days ago
Colombia says its military on 'maximum alert'
...security council in Arauca, a city on the eastern border with Venezuela. He said President Alvaro Uribe and the military forces of Colombia were intent on remaining calm "because they know there are provocative forces on the border that...
In this article: Venezuela, Alvaro Uribe, Bogota, Caracas, UN Security Council, Hugo Chavez, and US
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washingtonpost.com | 4 days ago
Colombia says will not be provoked by Venezuela
...Garcia, a pregnant Venezuelan woman trying to cross the water to get to her doctor's office on Colombia's side of the border, told local TV. Colombia said it would denounce the dynamiting of the bridges at the United Nations and the...
In this article: Hugo Chavez, Alvaro Uribe, Venezuela, Washington, Bogota, U.S., Inflation, and Cocaine
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Reuters | 4 days ago
SCENARIOS: How far will Colombia-Venezuela crisis worsen?
By Patrick Markey Venezuelan troops this week blew up two makeshift bridges spanning the frontier with Colombia in the latest incident to stoke tensions between two South American neighbors caught up in a long dispute. Relations soured...
In this article: Hugo Chavez, Alvaro Uribe, United States, Venezuela, Inflation, OPEC, and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
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Christian Science Monitor | 4 days ago
Venezuela blows up two bridges along Colombia border
...the base-sharing deal was the first step in an American military campaign in South America, and froze relations with Colombia as a result. Colombia, which finalized the agreement with the US late last month, says that the plan is merely an...
In this article: Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, US, Caracas, and El Universal
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Reuters | 5 days ago
Venezuela blows up two border bridges to Colombia
By Javier Faria Venezuelan soldiers on Thursday blew up two makeshift foot bridges that stretched across the border to Colombia in the latest incident to stoke a diplomatic dispute between the Andean neighbors. Colombian Defense Minister...
In this article: Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, United States, OPEC, U.S. Air Force, and Organization of American States
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Reuters | 6 days ago
UPDATE 1-Colombia sells Samurai bond with JBIC guarantee
Recasts, adds details in paragraphs 2-4) The Republic of Colombia said on Wednesday it has sold 45 billion yen ($500 million) in 10-year Samurai bonds with a partial guarantee from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, via a...
In this article: Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Ministry of Finance, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, and Japan
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Reuters | November 14, 2009
Colombia moves to calm tensions with Venezuela
By Hugh Bronstein Colombia captured four members of the Venezuelan National Guard on Colombian soil and said on Saturday it would send them home in a bid to lower diplomatic tensions between the neighboring countries. Venezuelan...
In this article: Alvaro Uribe, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Rafael Correa, Bogota, Washington, Ecuador, and Political science
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Colombia (pronounced: /kəˈlʌmbiə/), officially the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: República de 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. Colombia is the 26th largest nation in the world and the fourth largest in South America. It 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 the United States.
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 colonisation which ultimately led to the creation of the Viceroyalty of New Granada (comprising modern-day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Panama) with its capital at 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 declared in 1886. Panama seceded in 1903.
- Name:
- Colombia
- Conventional Long Name:
- Republic of Colombia
- Local Name:
- República de Colombia
- Capital:
- Bogotá
- Language:
- Spanish
- Motto:
- "Libertad y Orden"
- Largest City:
- Bogotá
- Government type:
- Presidential republic
- Founding Date:
- July 20, 1810
- Formations:
- Current constitution
- Area:
- 1,141,748
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $327.4 billion
- GDP (nominal):
- $269.654 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $4,985
- Currency:
- Peso
- Demonym:
- Colombian
- Drives On:
- Right
- Currency (code):
- COP
- Country Calling Code:
- +57
- ccTLD:
- .co
- Anthem:
- Oh, Gloria Inmarcesible!
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