#colombia

I've been following what's happening in Colombia because it's the country of my childhood. ↗

— Barbet Schroeder

#been #childhood #colombia #country #following

Many years later, in front of the firing squad, colonel Aureliano Buendía would remember that distant afternoon his father took him to see ice. ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

#español #first-lines #latin-america #spanish #spanish

I am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Colombia. ↗

— Shakira

#am #american #anyone #bother #colombia

The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador attain liberty, and inspired our forefathers to shed their blood for the United States' independence, cannot die. Today, this spirit of solidarity must and will empower all of us to rebuild Haiti. ↗

— Jean-Bertrand Aristide

#black #blood #cannot #colombia #die

Colombia is in a risky position. They've got a peace process that's going nowhere, and a drug production problem that's skyrocketing. ↗

— Barry McCaffrey

#going #got #nowhere #peace #peace process

Plan Colombia was supposed to reduce Colombia's cultivation and distribution of drugs by 50 percent, but 6 years and $4.7 billion later, the drug control results are meager at best. ↗

— Jan Schakowsky

#billion #colombia #control #cultivation #distribution