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ACTIVITIES IN COLOMBIA 61 facility with very low cost for use and lessons. Check our Bogotá section for information on both golf ...

62 COLOMBIA WEBSITES FOR TRAVELERS MOUNTAIN BIKING Mountain biking tours and activities can be found in many destinations in Col ...

ACTIVITIES IN COLOMBIA 63 WHALE WATCHING Whale watching can be found on the Pacific Coast from June to late September. There are ...

64 A BRIEF HISTORY OF COLOMBIA A Brief History of Colombia Because of its geography, Colombia is one of the most biodiverse coun ...

A BRIEF HISTORY OF COLOMBIA 65 Long before the arrival of Europeans and Africans, many agriculturally-based societies thrived in ...

66 A BRIEF HISTORY OF COLOMBIA on indigenous labor and trade, while the English were more interested in taking land and forcing ...

A BRIEF HISTORY OF COLOMBIA 67 handicrafts, which, combined with unique combinations of Europeans, Africans, and Indians, explai ...

68 A BRIEF HISTORY OF COLOMBIA then south into Peru, leaving his vice president, General Francisco Paula de Santander, in charge ...

A BRIEF HISTORY OF COLOMBIA 69 conflict known as La Violencia, certain bishops and priests openly supported the Conservative Par ...

70 A BRIEF HISTORY OF COLOMBIA these properties to merchants and large landowners who had ready cash — making the rich even rich ...

A BRIEF HISTORY OF COLOMBIA 71 controlled the ballot box and the presidency. The Liberals would have none of it: a major civil w ...

72 A BRIEF HISTORY OF COLOMBIA twenty years would pass before the U.S. would reimburse Colombia for the loss of Panamá. After th ...

A BRIEF HISTORY OF COLOMBIA 73 government was condemned for the massacre by Liberals in congress, led by the young Jorge Eliécer ...

74 A BRIEF HISTORY OF COLOMBIA López, who was reelected in 1942. This second López administration was dogged by scandals publici ...

A BRIEF HISTORY OF COLOMBIA 75 worst from the opposition. Both sides trumpeted an "it-can-happen-here" attitude, which eventuall ...

76 A BRIEF HISTORY OF COLOMBIA Simultaneously, an anti-American student meeting was taking place in the city. Given this context ...

A BRIEF HISTORY OF COLOMBIA 77 Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia — FARC) from 1964 until his death (by natural causes) in 2 ...

78 A BRIEF HISTORY OF COLOMBIA finally ended, leaving an estimated 200,000 dead. The National Front governments also instituted ...

A BRIEF HISTORY OF COLOMBIA 79 FARC in 1966. Other guerrilla groups were already organizing: university students inspired by the ...

80 A BRIEF HISTORY OF COLOMBIA Since the end of the National Front in 1974, governments have confronted ongoing social and econo ...