Colombia

Population: 40,349,388 (July 2001 est.)

Languages: Spanish

Background: Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in...

Currency: Colombian peso (COP, No information)

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