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- 1. Wes Conner Mariana Prado JuanHerrera COLOMBIA
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- 4. Climate - Becauseof the country's close proximity to the Equator, its climate is generally tropical and isothermal (without any real change of seasons).
- 5. Government Structure - The Republicof Colombia has a presidential system of government. The extant constitution dates back to 1991. - The Government of Colombia is a republic with separation of powers into executive, judicial and legislative branches. Its legislature has a congress, its judiciary has a supreme court, and its executive branch has a president.
- 6. Currency - $1 USD= 4,069.71 Colombian Pesos
- 7. WEALTH DISTRIBUTION - The topone percent of the country's population possesses $229.7 billion USD, or 37.3 percent of Colombia's total wealth, which is currently at $616 billion USD for 2021. The top ten percent has nearly three-quarters of the nation's wealth, meanwhile the bottom half of the population retains a mere 1.6 percent.
- 8. Terrorism Ocurrences - On March26, 2021 FARC-EP detonated a car bomb outside of a mayoral office in Corinto, Cauca, 37 miles south of Cali, Colombia’s third-largest city. The bombing injured 43 people.
- 9. Labor Force - ColombiaLabor Force Participation Rate dropped to 63.9 % in May 2023, compared with 64.6 % in the previous month. Colombia's Labor Force Participation Rate is updated monthly, available from Jan 2001 to May 2023, with an average rate of 66.4 % .
- 10. Inflation Rate - Theannual inflation rate in Colombia slowed for the fourth consecutive month to 11.78% in July 2023, down from the previous month's 12.13% and slightly above the market expectation of 11.61%. This marked the lowest reading since September 2022
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- 12. Infrastructure - ELDorado Airport served over 35 million passengers in 2019 and 740,000 metric tons of cargo in 2018,[3] making it the second busiest airport in South America in terms of passenger traffic and the busiest in terms of cargo traffic.
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- 14. HIGHWAY MAP - Colombia hasa road network of approximately 206,102 km
- 15. Longest Highway - NationalRoute 45. Starts in the border with Ecuador in Putumayo Department, and ends in the north of the country in the Magdalena Department.
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- 17. Main Exports Crude Petroleum($11.3B) Coal Briquettes ($5.11B) Coffee ($3.22B) Gold ($2.61B) Refined Petroleum ($2.14B)
- 18. Main Imports - 39%Machinery and transport equipment - 22% Manufactured products - 17% Chemicals & Related products - 10% Fuel, mineral lubricants - 8% Food and Livestock
- 19. Main Import Partners United States24% China 24% Brazil 7% Mexico 5% Others include: Germany, Argentina, Japan, France, South Korea and Canada.
- 20. OTHER INTERESTING FACTSABOUT COLOMBIA
- 21. • Colombia’s SierraNevada de Santa Marta, at 13,000m, is the world’s highest coastal mountain range
- 22. COLOMBIA HAS 60NATIONAL PARKS.
- 23. COLOMBIA HAS MORETHAN 4,000 SPECIES OF ORCHIDS.
- 24. Colombia is the world’sleading source of emeralds. It is also the third largest exporter of coffee in the world after Brazil and Vietnam
- 25. COLOMBIA IS THESECOND MOST BIODIVERSE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
- 26. - It ismandatory for radio and public television in Colombia to play the national anthem every day at 6 am and 6 pm.
- 27. Film Regulations - Colombian FilmCommission - Permits - INCENTIVES - Content Regulations - Co-Production Treaties:
- 28. Film Regulations Intellectual Property Labor Laws:Environmental Regulations The fund for cinematographic development Tax benefits
- 29. Covid Impact - HealthcareSystem Strain - Economic Impact - Tourism - Education - Vulnerable Populations
- 30. Covid Impact - GovernmentResponse - Vaccination Efforts - Social Dynamics
- 31. Transportation cost - There'sonly one way : Airplane - Ticket costs: Round Trip
- 32. WHY WE CHOSECOLOMBIA
- 33. References - BBC News.(2012, August 31). Colombia profile - Timeline. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-19390026 - Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. (n.d.). Colombia - Decentralization. https://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/decentralization/English/CaseStudies/colombia.html - Forbes Advisor. (n.d.). USD to MXN - US Dollar to Mexican Peso. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/advisor/money-transfer/currency-converter/usd- mxn/#:~:text=1%20USD%20%3D%2017.058105%20MXN%20Aug%2019%2C%202023%2023%3A22%20UTC - Statista. (n.d.). Colombia: Gross domestic product (GDP) in current prices from 1986 to 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/369111/gross- domestic-product-gdp-in-colombia/ - Trading Economics. (n.d.). Colombia GDP per capita. https://tradingeconomics.com/colombia/gdp-per-capita - Trading Economics. (n.d.). Colombia Inflation CPI. https://tradingeconomics.com/colombia/inflation-cpi - U.S. Atlas. (n.d.). Colombia Topographic Map. https://us-atlas.com/colombia-topographic-map.html - U.S. Department of State. (2021). Colombia. In Country Reports on Terrorism 2021. https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism- 2021/colombia/