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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.




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Fiesta de Independencia in Cartagena
6 days ago: Annica published a blog
Fiesta de Independencia in Cartagena
November 14th 2009  South America » Colombia » Cartagena
Hmm... Crazy crazy crazy. I was a little bit disappointed Wednesday because after the week-end there was nothing going on in town, no festivities (is this what Colombians call a party?!?!). And I was ... 4 photos [full story]

Fiesta de Independencia, Cartagena
6 days ago: Annica published a blog
Fiesta de Independencia, Cartagena
November 13th 2009  South America » Colombia » Cartagena
Hmm... Crazy crazy crazy. I was a little bit disappointed Wednesday because after the week-end there was nothing going on in town, no festivities (is this what Colombians call a party?!?!). And I was ... 4 photos [full story]

Colombia- Cartagena
9 days ago: carriemcq published a blog
Colombia- Cartagena
October 27th 2009  South America » Colombia » Cartagena
Finally we arrive in South America. ... 20 photos [full story]

11 days ago: Dave125 published a blog
Cartagena - Carnival time
November 10th 2009  South America » Colombia » Cartagena
So I had previously written this blog only for the computer I was on to crash and leave me with nothing I had written so I had given up but I will attempt it again now. We ended up ataying for a tota ... [full story]

First WE of La Fiesta de Independencia en Cartagena de Inidas
November 9th 2009  South America » Colombia » Cartagena
This week-end was a week-end of joy! My headache was (almost) completely gone and I was feeling better, so good that I could go out in the sun without the light hurting my head and eyes anymore. So ... 4 photos [full story]

WE with Loca Family from Cali!! (and the hangover after...)
November 6th 2009  South America » Colombia » Cartagena
Last week-end I spent in the pleasant company of Marcela's family who was here to visit from Cali. We visited the beautiful city and did all of the tourist things; going to the sea, visiting white bea ... 8 photos [full story]

Cartagène
11 days ago: anne125 published a blog
Cartagène
November 6th 2009  South America » Colombia » Cartagena
Nous sommes maintenant arrivés à Cartagène, ville romantique de Colombie. La centre ville est entouré de massifs remparts qui le protégeait des attaques des pirates. L´architecture est coloniale, styl ... 21 photos [full story]

14 days ago: Dave125 published a blog
Cartagena
November 6th 2009  South America » Colombia » Cartagena
Hey everyone, just added photos to lots of my previous blogs so you can see what ive been up to plus a few here from Cartagena. ... [full story]

Panama to Cartagena, Colombia
15 days ago: Donna Gay published a blog
Panama to Cartagena, Colombia
November 5th 2009  South America » Colombia » Cartagena
I returned to the boat in Panama on September 30th after a 3 month stay in the U.S. and it didn't take long for me to settle down to the slower pace of everyday living on a sailboat. Soon after I ret ... 3 photos [full story]

My life in Cartagena
25 days ago: Annica published a blog
My life in Cartagena
October 21st 2009  South America » Colombia » Cartagena
Wow! What can I say?!?! I was thinking that I would wait until I get a more "organized" life until I write about how my life here is... Haha, smart thinking, Annica - of course there is never going t ... 9 photos [full story]


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Mancora.
Botero sculpture, Cartagena
How to pass a rain storm in Cartagena..!
Church and sculpture, Cartagena
Barry and me in the mud volcano
Cartagena window
Another window, Cartagena
Cartagena Street
The fort overlooking Cartagena
las senas
...more fruit...
LANDING IN PANAMA
THE SAN BLAS ISLANDS
VOLCAN DEL TOTUMO
VOLCAN DEL TOTUMO
VOLCAN DEL TOTUMO

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