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Aug 8, 2018 · Colombia profile - Timeline. A chronology of key events: 1525 - Spain begins conquest of Colombia. 1536-38 - Spain establishes the settlement of Santa Fe de Bogota, which subsequently becomes ...
Colombia - Peace, Economy, Culture: In 2000 the U.S. Congress approved a controversial aid program that supplied Colombia with military assistance to help control the cocaine trade. The FARC continued to expand coca production, however, and economic uncertainties and the spectre of political violence remained major issues at the end of Pastrana’s term. Álvaro Uribe Vélez, an independent ...
The culture of Colombia has vibrant indigenous influences within its culture. Full Indigenous peoples of Colombia are estimated to be around 4-10% of the country’s population, [4] [5] [6] however most still hold on to indigenous traditions and folklore. Indigenous influences in Colombian culture include cuisine, music, architecture, language ...
This is a timeline of Colombian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Colombia and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Colombia .
The History of Colombia. While the Aztecs and the Incas built empires that extended control over vast regions of pre-Columbian America, Colombia was settled by a number of smaller groups of peoples such as the Tayronas and the Muiscas. Just before the arrival of the Spaniards, the area was characterized by communities of people who crafted a ...
May 31, 2017 · In 1975, Colombian police seized 600 kilos of cocaine from a plane. Drug traffickers retaliated by killing 40 people during one weekend in what became known as the “Medellin Massacre.”. The ...
Timeline for Colombia, 1499-Present; Colombian Heads of State; Colombian Profiles and Personalities; Moments and Events in Colombia. Educating Change in Colombia; Travels in Colombia; Primary Documents. Document #20: “Press Release from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia,” Secretariat of the Central General Command of the FARC-EP (2002)
