Colombia travel information
Colombia was one
of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A
40-year conflict between government forces and anti-government insurgent groups and illegal paramilitary groups - both heavily
funded by the drug trade - escalated during the 1990s. The insurgents lack the military or popular support necessary to
overthrow the government and violence has been decreasing since about 2002, but insurgents continue attacks against civilians
and large swaths of the countryside are under guerrilla influence. Paramilitary groups challenge the insurgents for control of
territory and the drug trade, and also the government's ability to exert its dominion over rural areas. Although several
thousand paramilitary members have demobilized since 2002 in an ongoing peace process, their commitment to ceasing illicit
activity is unclear. While Bogota steps up efforts to reassert government control throughout the country, neighboring
countries worry about the violence spilling over their borders.
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Cities
- Apartado
- Florencia
- Neiva
- San Juan de Uraba
- Arauca
- Guapi
- Nuqui
- Santa Marta
- Armenia
- Ibague
- Pasto
- San Vicente
- Bahia Solano
- Inirida
- Pereira
- Saravena
- Barrancabermeja
- Ipiales
- Popayan
- Tame
- Barranquilla
- La Chorrera
- Providencia
- Tumaco
- Bogotá
- Lamacarena
- Puerto Asis
- Valledupar
- Bucaramanga
- La Pedrera
- Puerto Carreño
- Villagarzon
- Buenaventura
- Leticia
- Puerto Leguizamo
- Villavicencio
- Cali
- Manizales
- Quibdó
- Yopal
- Cúcuta
- Medellín
- Medellín
- Riohacha
- Cartagena
- Mitu
- San Andres
- Corozal
- Montería
- San José del Guaviare
Local currency is the Colombian Peso
Colombian Peso =
Airlines based in Colombia
Airlines flying to Colombia
- Aerolineas Argentinas
- American Airlines
- Dutch Antilles Express
- Satena
- Aerolineas Galapagos
- Avianca
- Iberia
- Spirit Airlines
- Air Canada
- Continental Airlines
- Lacsa
- Taca Intl Airlines
- Air Comet
- Copa Air
- Lan Airlines
- Tame
- Air France
- Cubana de Aviación
- Lanperu
- Total Linhas Aereas
- Aires
- Delta Air Lines
- Mexicana
- Varig