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  Colombia - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Colombia is a republic where the executive branch dominates government structure.
Colombia's bicameral parliament is the Congress or Congreso, which consists of the 102-seat Senate and the 166-seat Chamber of Representatives.
Colombia has a diverse population that reflects its colourful history and the peoples that have populated her from ancient, to colonial and modern times.
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 Antonio Jose De Sucre
Sucre was promoted major-general and intendant of the department of Quito, and in May, 1823, was sent with a Colombian auxiliary division to Peru.
Sucre was created by the Peruvian congress grand marshal of Ayacucho, and marched at once to upper Peru to subdue Olafieta, who refused to submit to the capitulation of Ayacueho.
Sucre's remains were transported by his family to the Church of San Francisco in Quito, where they still rest, although the government of Bolivia in 1845, and that of Venezuela in 1875, asked permission to transport them to their respective pantheons.
www.famousamericans.net /antoniojosedesucre   (1008 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Antonio JosE de Sucre (Latin American History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
After Colombia had been liberated from the Spanish, BolIvar sent Sucre to the Quito region (now Ecuador), where he won (1822) the brilliant victory of Pichincha.
The terms he granted to the defeated were generous, and Sucre was known for his kindness as well as his honesty and self-effacing modesty.
Sucre's efforts to prevent Venezuela from seceding and becoming a separate state failed.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/Sucre-An.html   (395 words)

  
 Sucre, Antonio Jose de. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
After Colombia had been liberated from the Spanish, Bolívar sent Sucre to the Quito region (now Ecuador), where he won (1822) the brilliant victory of Pichincha.
Bolívar was absent, and Sucre was the chief commander when the battle of Ayacucho was fought (Dec., 1824).
He was elected president of the constitutional convention that met in 1830 in an effort to prevent Bolívar’s large republic of Colombia from disintegrating.
www.bartleby.com /65/su/Sucre-An.html   (299 words)

  
 Antonio Jose de Sucre Biography / Biography of Antonio Jose de Sucre Main Biography
Antonio José de Sucre was born on Feb. 3, 1795, at Cumaná in eastern Venezuela.
Sucre's intention was to settle down at Quito, where he had married a member of the local aristocracy.
A brief account of Sucre's life is Guillermo Antonio Sherwell, Antonio José de Sucre (Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho), Hero and Martyr of American Independence (1924), and a section is devoted to him in William S. Robertson, The Rise of the Spanish-American Republics, as Told in the Lives of Their Liberators (1918).
www.bookrags.com /biography-antonio-jose-de-sucre   (632 words)

  
 Colombia: Extrajudicial killings, "disappearances", death threats and other political violence in the ...
In Sucre amongst the civic organizations which were created were a number of Comités Cívicos - Civic Committees or Movimientos Cívicos - Civic Movements which were set up in several municipalities of the department of Sucre to participate in local elections and break the traditional political hegemony of the Colombian Liberal and Conservative Parties.
The failure of the security forces to curtail paramilitary activities and halt paramilitary operations in Sucre in recent months is indicative of the support paramilitary groups have received from the security forces since the development of these groups in the region.
With the increase of paramilitary action in the department of Sucre, Fidel Castaño is reported to be acquiring land in the region.
www.amnestyusa.org /countries/colombia/document.do?id=A024C69947A2D4B48025690000692DEA   (4172 words)

  
 Historical Text Archive: E-Books : Pages of Glory on Simón Bol...: 21: The Grand Marshal of Ayacucho   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Carlos de Sucre, Marquis de Preux, a Fleming, was the first of the family to arrive in the Spanish American colonies, toward the end of the seventeenth century, having been appointed by King Charles 11 to the post of Governor and Field Marshal at Cartagena de Indias.
Sucre was the right-hand man of the Liberator, and the chief pillar of the Army.
The fourth daughter of this second marriage, Margarita Sucre Marquez, was the grandmother of the Bolívarian historian Vicente Lecuna.
historicaltextarchive.com /books.php?op=viewbook&bookid=29&cid=21   (8908 words)

  
 Yearly report ind english   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The decrease was more a sign of decrease in the number of children placed through the private institutions in Colombia, to which the major part of AC’s Colombian applicants forward their adoption applications.
Colombia: ICBF – The Colombian Institute for Family Welfare generally stayed more or less on the same level as previous years.
This support aims at securing that the youngsters do not end up in crime and violence and/or being addicted to drugs or alcohol, which seems to be their only alternative as being cut away from education and subsequently from the labour market.
www.a-c.dk /generelt/English/yearly-report/2003/03-colombia.htm   (849 words)

  
 Colombia
Colombia is a constitutional, multiparty democracy in which the Liberal and Conservative parties have long dominated politics.
Early in the investigation, paramilitary Elkin Antonio Valdiris Tirado was captured and confessed to a role in the massacre.
Six members of the CTI were killed during the year in various parts of the country; paramilitary forces were suspected of responsibility in two of these killings; in the others the responsible group had not been identified at year's end.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/wha/8326.htm   (18397 words)

  
 Colombia --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Its 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of coast to the north are bathed by the waters of the Caribbean Sea, and its 800 miles (1,300 km) of coast to the west are washed by the Pacific Ocean.
The country is bordered by Panama, which divides the two bodies of water, on the northwest, Venezuela and Brazil on the east, and Peru and Ecuador on the...
Lying next to the Isthmus of Panama, which until 1903 was a part of its territory, Colombia is a strategic crossroads in the network of communication between North, Central, and South America.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9106257?tocId=9106257   (806 words)

  
 Sucre - Current News & Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Sucre, arguably one of the most beautiful areas of Venezuela, is one of the poorest areas in the country.
After being stopped at a police checkpoint in the state of Sucre on October 23, 2003, Yorman Rodríguez, the wife of a trade union leader, was sexually...
In Sucre, Bolivia's legal capital, Mayor Aideé Nava will announce her candidature at the head of the Free Bolivia Movement, while in the city of Tarija in the...
news.daylightonline.com /2003/Sucre.html   (1516 words)

  
 RIC Query - Colombia (11 August 2002)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The report states: “The recent spate of political violence in the department of Sucre is not a new development.
The report connects the increase in rights violations in Sucre to the government’s counter-insurgency efforts and emphasizes that the behavior of the security forces and the paramilitary groups “involves the deliberate targeting of those in the civilian population suspected of sympathizing with guerrilla forces.
In a six-week period during 1987 five students and two professors were shot in the head, with members of the DAS reportedly responsible for at least one shooting.
uscis.gov /graphics/services/asylum/ric/documentation/COL02006.htm   (912 words)

  
 MCC - Resources & Publications - Peace Office Newsletter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
We are witness of the suffering church in Colombia.
Esquivia: We have said that Colombia suffers from a social conflict that is a result of injustice and the inequitable distribution of riches in the country.
The churches of Colombia are ambassadors of the Prince of Peace, and they hold onto a message that leads to abundant life with dignity.
www.mcc.org /respub/pon/0023.html   (2218 words)

  
 Sucre Colombia
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 CPJ Protests   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
We are urging you in the strongest possible terms to launch an exhaustive investigation into this lethal attack on press freedom, the third to have taken place in Colombia in less than three months.
This is not the first time CPJ has documented the killing of a journalist in response to his work in the violence-ridden Sucre Department.
We urge Your Excellency to launch a rigorous investigation into Torres' murder, along with the August 13 killing of Jaime Garzón and the September 16 killing of Guzmán Quintero Torres, and see to it that the authors are brought to justice.
www.cpj.org /protests/99ltrs/Colombia22Oct99.html   (366 words)

  
 ZenuZones - General Information About ZZ's and Caña Flecha   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The livelihood of weaving Caña Flecha is pre-Columbian tradition that the Zenu's have carried on in the departments of Sucre and Córdoba, and is the legacy of their culture and the main line of their economy.
This hat is known in Colombia as 19 ("diecinueve") because it requires 19 fiber strands to weave a ¾ in.
ZenuZones of Colombia has over 10 years working in this area, promoting the diversification of the products and working with local artisans to help them with planning and taking care of the environment for future demand of this natural resource to assure an opportune replenishing of Caña Flecha and its integration in their rural economy.
www.zenuzones.com /zenu2005/catalog/about.php   (743 words)

  
 Hantavirus Infection in Humans, Colombia | CDC EID
Locations of 12 towns in Córdoba and Sucre departments, Colombia, where rural workers were screened for antibody to Sin Nombre hantavirus...
The prevalence of SNV-reactive antibody in rural workers indicates that at least one hantavirus is endemic in rodents in northern Colombia and is frequently transmitted to rural residents.
Although their distributions are poorly studied, both Zygodontomys brevicauda (reservoir of Calabazo virus in Panama) and Oligoryzomys fulvescens (reservoir of Choclo virus, a known agent of HPS in Panama [4]) are believed to be found in northern Colombia (7).
www.cdc.gov /ncidod/EID/vol10no12/04-0821.htm   (933 words)

  
 A review of cassava in Latin America and the Caribbean with country case studies on Brazil and Colombia
Colombia, the host country, was understandably well represented by all sectors.
For Group 1 (Colombia), the Atlantic Coast and the Andean region, in particular the Cauca Department, were considered areas of high importance, followed by the coffee region and the Llanos Orientales (Eastern Savannas).
This Group also considers that, in general terms and for all Colombia, major constraints regarding cassava that should be solved are seed availability, status of public order, access to credit, cassava business organizations, permanent offer, access to information, and infrastructure.
www.fao.org /docrep/007/y5271e/y5271e0b.htm   (3468 words)

  
 Sucre News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Mariscal Sucre and the Plataforma Deltana are among the offshore projects to be developed in the country northeast, and include the participation of Shell...
Mission Sucre's objective is to guarantee access to college education for all those high school graduates who have not been able to get into universities...
It is the Waterloo of Napoleon Bonaparte, the Ayacucho of Antonio José de Sucre, the Kursk (1943) of the Red Army, and the Carabobo of Hugo Chavez.
news.daylightonline.com /2005/Sucre.html   (6015 words)

  
 Colombia - Amnesty International
Colombia: Amnesty International’s briefing to the UN Committee against Torture
In Colombia as a whole, grave violations of human rights and breaches of international humanitarian law by all parties to the long-running internal armed conflict – the armed forces, armybacked paramilitaries and armed opposition groups – remained widespread.
According to the 2003 Report of the Office in Colombia of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, there was a significant increase in reports of violations attributed directly to members of the security forces.
web.amnesty.org /report2004/col-summary-eng   (2697 words)

  
 Antonio Jose de Sucre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Antonio Jose de Sucre Alcala, born in Cumana (Venezuela), on February 3rd, 1975, his father was; Vicente de Sucre Urbaneja, colonel of the Royal Armies, and his mother was Manuela Maria Alcalá; they were part of the high society, of noble blood and had a good economic situation.
After he had finished middle school in his native country, he had begun to study mathematics and engineering.
It is so pleasant to remember Sucre, as an invincible American soldier who in Boyacá, Pichincha and Ayacucho, with his glorious sword, gave the liberty and independence to the American people.
www.fuerzasarmadasecuador.org /english/historia/ecuadorgrancolombiasucre.htm   (134 words)

  
 ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Colombian displaced can't satisfy minimum food requirements, according to WFP
The study found that the average daily food consumption of displaced persons in Colombia is 1752 calories, well below the recommended average of 2100 calories in an emergency setting.
There is an alarming drop in the socio-economic status of families following displacement: women keep only 12 per cent of their animal husbandry assets (previously their principal economic activity), and families receive only about 30 per cent of the income they had before displacement, while accumulating more debt.
The participants were interviewed about their economic status before and after displacement based on their resources, income, debt and food intake.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/4413a7dfaf1ec0ecc1256a6c002a6f5f   (694 words)

  
 COLOMBIA Colombia: Extrajudicial killings, "disappearances", death threats and other political violence in ...
COLOMBIA Colombia: Extrajudicial killings, "disappearances", death threats and other political violence in the department of Sucre
Civic Movements which were set up in several municipalities of the department of Sucre to participate in local elections and break the traditional political hegemony of the Colombian Liberal and Conservative Parties.
- Sucre Self-Defence Groups, is reported to have been operating in the Montes de María region of the department of Sucre since 1994.
web.amnesty.org /802568F7005C4453/0/A024C69947A2D4B48025690000692DEA!Open   (4124 words)

  
 Projects of FUNDAEC
Based on the Bah '¡ principle of service, on a tutorial relationship and great flexibility in terms of time and educational materials (there are 81 texts developed for the three levels) this educational system has now grown to include ten private and public institutions and 15,000 students.
The Ruhi Insitute is an educational institution functioning under the aegis of the NSA of Colombia.
Presently the number of kindergartens functioning under the guidance of LSAs is 31: nine in the departments of Valle and Cauca, 20 in Guajira (among the indigenous WAYUU community), and another two in the north coast of Colombia.
www.bcca.org /services/lists/noble-creation/fundaec2.html   (1944 words)

  
 09/10/01 -- Controversy dogs U.S.-funded fumigation
SUCRE, Colombia, Sept. 10 —  U.S.-funded crop dusters were on mission this summer to fumigate poppy fields near this southwestern Colombian town as part of a government effort to hit drug production at its source.
The goal is to wipe out 245,000 acres of coca and poppy, which produce the main ingredients in cocaine and heroin, by December.
While Colombia has been using aerial fumigation against drug crops since the mid-1990s, the area of coca and poppy cultivation skyrocketed to more than 400,000 acres in 2000.
forests.org /archive/samerica/codogsus.htm   (1520 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Resultados de la búsqueda - Sucre (ciudad Colombia)
Sucre (ciudad, Colombia), ciudad del norte de Colombia, cabecera del municipio homónimo, situada en el sector suroriental del departamento costero de...
Ciudad Sucre, ciudad de Venezuela perteneciente al municipio de Páez, en el estado de Apure.
Colombia (ciudad), ciudad colombiana situada en el territorio septentrional del departamento de Huila, a unos 850 m de altitud en la cordillera...
es.encarta.msn.com /Sucre_(ciudad_Colombia).html   (115 words)

  
 Action International Ministries - Sucre Ministry - Bogotá, Colombia
The Bible lesson for the younger children in Sucre was about Paul and Silas in prison.
ACTION Colombia missionaries believe that there is hope for these families.
Please pray for God's direction regarding future ministries in Sucre, for the development of an outreach to the men, and that entire families will come to the Lord.
www.actionintl.org /action/content/view/347/197   (561 words)

  
 Pleonotoma
Anzoátegui, Guárico, Miranda, Monagas, Sucre; Colombia (Vaupés), Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Roraima).
Colombia (Guainía), French Guiana, Peru, Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, RondÙnia).
Widespread elsewhere in northern Venezuela; Central America, Colombia, Trinidad-Tobago, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil (Pará), Bolivia.
www.mobot.org /MOBOT/Research/ven-guayana/bignoniaceae/pleonoto.html   (430 words)

  
 CIAT in Perspective: Linking Farmers to markets
At the beginning of the 1980s, the basic needs of about three-quarters of its inhabitants were judged "unsatisfied," and more than half the population was living in absolute poverty.
The real aim, says the researcher, is to get small producers to adopt a market approach and move in the direction of adding value to current and alternative products.
For example, in Colombia’s coffee zone farmers are being organized by producer associations, NGOs, and even a large fruit processing company to grow flberries in addition to coffee and staples.
www.ciat.cgiar.org /webciat/newsroom/annual_rep5.htm   (4401 words)

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