Colombia Reports

Para-economics

Para-economics is a phenomenon in Colombia in which businesses use death squads to either evade labor laws, increase their assets or maximize profits. The practice was particularly common in the 1990s and 2000s but…

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Huila

Huila is a province in the southwest of Colombia and the birthplace of the Magdalena, the country’s largest river.   Skip to Summary | Map | Socio-economics | Places to go…

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Guainia

Guainia is one of Colombia’s least populated provinces as it is almost entirely covered with dense Amazon rainforest.   Skip to Summary | Map | Socio-economics | Places to go |…

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Cundinamarca

Cundinamarca is the province that almost entirely encloses Bogota, Colombia’s capital.   Skip to Summary | Map | Socio-economics | Places to go | Things to do   Skip to Summary…

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Nestor Humberto Martinez

Nestor Humberto Martinez is Colombia’s former chief prosecutor and a highly controversial figure because of his association with some of the country’s biggest corruption scandals. Martinez is the son of…

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Cordoba

Cordoba is one of Colombia’s Caribbean provinces and dependent mainly on agriculture.   Skip to Summary | Map | Socio-economics | Places to go | Things to do   Skip to…

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Cesar

Cesar is one of Colombia’s Caribbean provinces and a bastion for the popular vallenato music culture.   Skip to Top | Summary | Map | Socio-economics   Skip to Top |…

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Casanare

Casanare is one of Colombia’s richest provinces in oil and emeralds, but also waterfalls, rivers and paramos.   Skip to Summary | Map | Socio-economics | Places to go | Things…

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Cauca

Cauca is historically one of Colombia’s most important provinces. It used to be its own state comprising provinces that have since been separated.   Skip to Summary | Maps |…

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