ACADEMICO: Language‚ Society and Culture PROFESORA: Patricia Escalante NOMBRES: Angie Camila Velandia Galindo CODIGO: 20112165153 Muiscas Offerings In the first place the Muiscas is a group of people that lived in the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia‚ mainly in savanna cundiboyacense‚ including Bogotá‚ Nemocon Ubaté‚ Chiquinquirá‚ Pasca‚ Tunja and Sogamoso. The conditions of land suitable for agriculture and healthy climate made them sedentary. The main products were some artifacts as little
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While I was growing up in Colombia my idea of fun was going outside to the park either with my cousins or friends to play until it got dark and my mom would call me to go back inside the house. Growing up in Colombia is something very different than a kid growing up here in the United States. My afternoons during the week would always have around the same schedule as I would be back home by one in the afternoon‚ at two thirty I would had already eaten lunch‚ and by six all my homework would be
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Colombia: I’d definitely recommend travelling from Central to South America by boat (Panama to Cartagena in Colombia for around 6 days‚ $400) You get to visit the islands of San Blas and the indigenous peoples there‚ snorkel‚ sail… Cartagena: visit the Old City (We wandered the streets for hours basking in the old rustic architecture)‚ ‘swim’ in the Mud Volcano (about an hour away)‚ spend a few nights on Isla Blanca (30 mins away by boat‚ white sand & turquoise water‚ stay in hammocks and eat
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Media System Country Description. The Republic of Panama or simply “Panama” was colonized by Spain in the 16th century until it joined a union with Colombia‚ Ecuador and Venezuela to form the Republic of Gran Colombia in 1821. The latter was subsequently dissolved in 1830 but Panama remained as part of Colombia. Finally‚ in 1903‚ Panama seceded from Colombia. Panama is the southernmost country in Central America and is situated between the North Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Its strategic
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Book review: "Bad Neighbor Policy: Washington’s futile war on drugs in Latin America" Edited by Ted Galen Carpenter Overview Introduction 3 I Modest results after thirty years of war 4 The war on drugs consequences on the drugs crops cultivation 4 The war on drugs consequences on the Latin American opinion 5 II The American strategy on the drug war: definitively a bad strategy? 8 The United States’ strategy on the war on drugs 8 The causes of the
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Karla Juanillo # 13 Born on February 2nd 1977‚ in Barranquilla Colombia‚ Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll‚ is one of the most successful female Latin singer. With a Lebanese father and Colombian mother‚ Shakira honors her Latino and Arabic heritage with the music that she produces. She wrote her first song at the age of 8 and signed her first record deal at 13. Shakira later became a music superstar in the Spanish-language countries; she was known for her strong vocals and incredible hip-shaking
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Balboa stood on the cliffs of Darien in modern Panama. In fact‚ in 1880 a French group led by Ferdinand de Lesseps put together a company with the capital of thousands of investors to build a canal across the Isthmus of Panama‚ back then still part of Colombia. But corruption‚ miserable engineering plans and the harsh realities of the Central American jungle with its rainy season floods‚ earthquakes‚ yellow fever and malaria doomed de
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SPORTGRAPHY JUAN ERAZO WEDNESDAY‚ MARCH 13 2013 My life as an athlete My name is Juan Erazo and I was born in a Cali‚ Colombia where soccer is the most important‚ viewed and practiced sport. My sport life started when I was 5‚ but not by playing soccer. My father was a really good basketball player. I loved watching his games along with learning his techniques during practices. He was my hero‚ I looked up to him and I just wanted to play basketball like he did. This was the reason I
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since I didn’t have any. This dead body was a blessing for my family and I. Not everyday I get this lucky. When I get home I play with my one my legged friends. No‚ they weren’t born with one leg‚ they lost it in the mountains picking coca leaves. Colombia has the highest percentage of land mine victims in the world. The gorillas and paramilitary have set up land mines all over the mountain to protect the coca leaves from intruders. A majority of my friends have a missing arm or leg. One time I was
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Colombia has several folkloric/traditional music styles/dances. One of the most popular is the Cumbia. Cumbia have spread to other countries. When danced in shows for the public the dancers wear clothing that were used in old times: Men would wear white pants and shirts‚ a hat (usually the style that used to be hand made)‚ a large colorful handkerchief‚ handmade style sandals‚ and a machete (a large knife used to cut plants). Women would wear colorful long skirts (often black with decorations and
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