Background: Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part by funds from the drug trade. Although the violence is deadly and large swaths of the countryside are under guerrilla influence, the movement lacks the military strength or popular support necessary to overthrow the government. An anti-insurgent army of paramilitaries has grown to several thousand strong in recent years, challenging the insurgents for control of territory and the drug trade, and also the government's ability to exert its dominion over rural areas. While Bogota steps up efforts to reassert government control throughout the country, neighboring countries worry about the violence spilling over their borders.
April 22nd 2008South America » Colombia » Cali When I went to meet the kids I was planning to volunteer with they were sitting quietly watching TV but I was immediately jumped on and hugged by 4 little monkeys called, Jhon, Yahaira, Nicole and Cri ... 25 photos[full story]
April 8th 2008South America » Colombia » Cali I arrived in Cali at the beginning of the month with exactly 31 days until I need to be back on the north coast for my lift out of here to central America. I wanted to work here for a while in order t ... 37 photos[full story]
April 3rd 2008South America » Colombia » Cali with bitesize clips is the new Dude Show called El Mundo and Its Peeps which you can watch on the following address
Once you go to the webpage you will see 6 videos that I have uploaded, they ... [full story]
February 17th 2008South America » Colombia » Cali Daniela and I have now finally met in Cali. Today, together with a guy from Holland and a girl from New Zealand with whom Daniela had been travelling for the past couple of days, we went to the zoo, w ... 6 photos[full story]
December 12th 2007South America » Colombia » Cali
Hola de nuevo a todo el mundo, pues en fin, de Ecuador llegamos a Colombia hace casi una semana. El primer lugar de nuestro recorrido por este hermoso pais fue Cali, donde nos acogio Jose Francisc ... 40 photos[full story]
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