Colombia
Colombia is located in the northwestern part of South America. Colombia's neighboring countries are Panama, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, and Ecuador. It has coasts on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Their relations with these countries are very good because of the trading factor. Colombia's relations with Venezuela, Peru and Ecuador are very strong because they are all apart of a trading agreement known as the Andean Group. Colombia's relations with Brazil and Panama are also very strong because the two countries are both main trading partners with Colombia. Throughout Colombia's history there government has been very unstable, going through many rulers and constitutions. On August 7, 1819 Angostura broke away from Spain and created a country known as Colombia. On August 30, 1821 the Congress of Cucuta adopted a constitution which was supposed to be a republican form of government. This constitution was short lived. In 1853 another constitution was developed and again was abandoned after civil war broke out, which led to a new constitution in 1863. After a revolt of several liberal elements in 1885, again a new con
Colombia is a very diverse country with many different agricultural goods and natural resources. Colombia is a rapidly growing country in every aspect. There economy is growing, and since 1991 so is there government. Colombia, in the near future, will be a economic power house which can only be rendered by itself. Colombia also has many diversified natural resources. Petroleum and gold are Colombia's main mineral products. Besides those two many other minerals are extracted, such as silver, emeralds, platinum, copper, nickel, coal and natural gas. Production of crude petroleum is centered in the Magdalena river valley. Much of the oil extracted from this is shipped to Curacao for refining. Many new oil reserves have been found and are expected to make Colombia energy self sufficient well into the 21st century. The cultural unity of Colombia is very good. Colombia's culture is fairly diversified. About 58% of the people are mestizo, 20% are of unmixed European ancestry, 14% are mulatto, and the final 8% are made up of blacks, Native Americans, and people of mixed race. There is very little cultural or ethnic disputes
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