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  MAMACOCA: José Jairo Arias
These four municipalities cover an area of approximately 5,935 km2, that which is 25% of Tolima territory and an estimated population of 129,814 inhabitants or 10% of the department’s population.
From its outset, it is an extremely dynamic farming and commercial center in Southern Tolima with strong ties to the Huila department.
During the 1990s, the poppy-induced re-conversion of the Tolima landscape is reflected in the loss of 1,257 forested hectares (60%), 706 hectares of stubble field (34%) and 143 hectares of agricultural crops (7%) which means that a total of 2,106 hectares were converted to poppy planting.
www.mamacoca.org /feb2002/abs_gonzalez_escenario_amapolero_en.html   (1572 words)

  
 Tolima, Colombia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The steep-sided, glacier-clad Tolima volcano contrasts with the broad profile of Ruiz volcano to the north.
The summit consists of a cluster of late-Pleistocene to Holocene lava domes that were associated with thick block-lava flows on the northern and eastern flanks and extensive pyroclastic-flow deposits.
Minor explosive eruptions have been recorded from Tolima in the 19th and 20th centuries.
users.bendnet.com /bjensen/volcano/southamerica/colombia-tolima.html   (135 words)

  
 On the road in South America - Travelogues - Climbing Tolima   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
I was at 6 am at the bus terminal in Bogotá ready to go to climb Tolima but I had to wait for more than a half hour on Carlos and his 2 girls before they arrived.
The rest of the day was to rest and organize the stuff the climb in the snow the next day.
The views of Tolima were amazing and made you feel to start climbing right away.
www.backpackingforlife.com /southamerica/travelogues/logue-tolima.html   (703 words)

  
 americas.org - Massacre in Tolima   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
On November 2, armed men wearing army uniforms abducted campesinos Jhon Jairo Iglesias, José Céspedes and Wilson Quintero in the community of Potosí in Cajamarca municipality, in the central Colombian department of Tolima.
Espejo was a leader of the Cajamarca section of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Tolima (Sintragritol).
Most of the victims and their surviving family members were among a group of local residents who occupied a farm last March belonging to the Colombian ambassador to Australia, Armando Hecheverry Jiménez.
www.americas.org /item_8616   (181 words)

  
 Microfinance - The MIX Market - Profile for ACTUAR - Tolima (ACTUAR - Tolima)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
ACTUAR Tolima's mission is to provide technical assistance and financial services to microentrepreneurs without access to formal financial services.
ACTUAR Tolima is an NGO created in 1986 by the private sector.
ACTUAR Tolima has received loans from the Interamerican Development Bank and many other institutions underlining the excellent quality of their work.
www.mixmarket.org /en/demand/demand.show.profile.asp?ett=221   (381 words)

  
 USGS P 1386-I -- Colombia - Ruiz-Tolima Volcanic Massif
The active Nevado del Ruiz volcano is in the foreground, the Nevado del Tolima is in the left background and the Nevado de Santa Isabel is in the center background.
Glaciers descend to 4,740 m on the west side of the volcano and to 4,690 m on the east side (Herd, 1982).
--Nevado del Tolima in the foreground and Nevado de Santa Isabel in the background seen from the southeast.
pubs.usgs.gov /prof/p1386i/colombia/ruiz.html   (936 words)

  
 Climbing Tolima | Colombia Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
I am thinking of climbing to the top of Tolima somewhere in the middle of March.
I really like to get into the mountains but unfortunately this is also mostly the area of the guerrilla.
Tolima is safe enough though and so is Volcan Puracé if you want to climb it.
poorbuthappy.com /colombia/node/3061   (866 words)

  
 CNN.com - River advance in Copa Libertadores - Mar 22, 2004
River were made to battle hard for their 1-0 win over their determined Colombian visitors, a result which gave the "Millionaires" a commanding four point lead in group six.
Tolima, who had to win the game in order to maintain any realistic hope of progressing in the tournament, started brightly.
Both Tolima and Libertad of Paraguay are bottom with two points.
cnn.com /2004/SPORT/football/03/19/copa.roundup   (760 words)

  
 ESPNsoccernet.com - Global - Tolima win first Colombian crown   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Tolima brought coach Luis Garcia his fourth Colombian title, adding to two he won with Millonarios and one with Deportivo's local rivals America.
The tie pitted Garcia, who led Colombia in the qualifiers for the 2002 World Cup but was sacked halfway through the campaign, against Javier Alvarez, an eccentric former chemical engineer who coached the national team in 1999.
Tolima, based in the city of Ibague, enjoyed a 2-0 lead from the first leg but Cali took only 20 minutes to wipe out the deficit in front of a capacity 55,000 crowd at the Pascual Guerrero stadium.
soccernet.espn.go.com /headlinenews?id=286781&cc=3888   (306 words)

  
 Georgetown University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It is organized on the last Friday of each month in nine departments, (Chocó, Valle, Cauca, Nariño, Tolima, Huila, Putumayo, Caquetá, Caldas and Antioquia) for the members of the city councils of more than 300 municipalities.
The city council members convene simultaneously in 42 medium sized cities on that last Friday of the month, an average of 1,000 city council members are being trained.
The quarterly national government magazine for city councils “Concejos en Contacto” is produced and distributed in partnership with the Colombian Presidency, the Ministry of Interior and Justice, the National School for Public Administration (ESAP) and the Colombia Program.
www.georgetown.edu /sfs/programs/clas/Colombia/colombia_program_tolima.htm   (451 words)

  
 Costumed figure pendant [Colombia; Tolima] (1979.206.497) | Object Page | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Tolima peoples of Colombia's Magdalena Valley produced a distinctive type of gold object that had a high degree of consistency over a considerable period of time.
The objects, figure pendants with zoomorphic and anthropomorphic references, were worn about the neck suspended from cords or thongs; they are almost flat, with sharp, symmetrical outlines.
It has been suggested that the animal references of Tolima spread "wing" pendants—perhaps to bats, birds, and serpents—relate the figures to shamanism.
www.metmuseum.org /TOAH/ho/05/san/hod_1979.206.497.htm   (195 words)

  
 Tolima --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Created in 1861, it occupies an area of 9,097 square miles (23,562 square km).
The department ranks first in Colombia in the production of rice and sesame; other crops grown in Tolima include cotton, coffee, corn (maize),...
Calarcá is on the major highway that crosses the Boquerón (pass) del Quindío to Ibagué;, capital of Tolima department.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9072802?tocId=9072802   (512 words)

  
 Nevado Del Ruiz and Nevada Del Tolima: The Volcanoes of Central Colombia
Colombia: land of Juan Valdez coffee, brilliant green emeralds and the most sought after cocaine in the world, however, the country has more to offer for the adventurer who is not easily intimidated by machinegun-toting federal police and narco-terrorists.
It had taken us six hours from La Cueva to the summit and three and a half of those hours were on the soft snow on the last seven hundred metres.
The volcanoes of Nevado del Ruiz and Nevada del Tolima in Parque Nacional Los Nevados in central Colombia are beautiful mountains and should not be dismissed by climbers visiting South America.
members.shaw.ca /beyondnootka/articles/tolima.html   (1725 words)

  
 Inter Press Service News Agency
And for each of the 700,000 head of cattle in Tolima, stockbreeders pay 3.80 dollars in taxes to the paramilitaries, who take in around 3.28 million dollars a year in Tolima from stockbreeders and rice producers alone, said Zárrate.
Although the security forces have a strong presence in Tolima (unlike in portions of the country dominated by the guerrillas), the paramilitaries control urban areas in the department, and from that base they extort ”casual labourers, butchers, supermarkets, landowners, transport drivers, etc.,” he said.
”Several mayors in Tolima were summoned to a town on the Magdalena River (in central Colombia) to tell them they had to take part in the political blueprint proposed by the negotiators in Sante Fe de Ralito, said Zárrate.
www.ipsnews.net /print.asp?idnews=25838   (1506 words)

  
 SI.com - Soccer - South America: Tolima beats Deportivo Cali in first leg - Thursday December 18, 2003 3:28PM
Colo Colo twice came from behind to draw 2-2 at Cobreloa in the first leg of the Chilean championship final, which ended with a brawl between rival players.
Perreira's double put Tolima in the driving seat against Cali in the two-leg final which has pitted two former Colombia national team coaches against each other -- Luis Garcia of Tolima and Javier Alvarez of Cali.
Pereira opened the scoring in the 55th minute with a shot on the turn after being set up by Henry Zambrano and struck again in the 84th with a brilliant bicycle kick which sparked wild celebrations among the 20,000 crowd in the provincial city of Ibague.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2003/soccer/12/18/bc.sport.soccer.south.america   (625 words)

  
 César Hernán Marulanda Tabares
Reason for retirement: Termination of commission not remunerated granted by the University of Tolima.
Lecturer to Colombia Congress on main ecological problems of the department of the Tolima, Colombia, derivatives of the inadequate exercise of agriculture.
Director of 15 papers for a degree in horticultural subjects at the University of Tolima, Colombia and other universities in Nicaragua and El Salvador, 1978 to 1990.
www.carbon.org /AboutOurOrganization1/CesarBios.htm   (1211 words)

  
 AMR 23/114/2001 COLOMBIA Further information on UA 244/01(AMR 23/099/2001, 25 September 2001) - Fear for safety/ ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Civilian population of the district of Frías, Falán municipality, in the north of Tolima Department
Amnesty International is seriously concerned for the safety of civilians living in these municipalities.
Paramilitaries have carried out two massacres in Tolima department since September this year.
www2.amnesty.se /uaonnet.nsf/d1c4215f6be10b45c1256672003dd2be/06dd1b11b1a0f553c1256b0a0032e15e?OpenDocument   (468 words)

  
 Tolima Dove (Leptotila conoveri) - BirdLife species factsheet
Range & population Leptotila conoveri occurs on the east slope of the Central Andes of Colombia.
It is known only from the valleys of the Coello-Combeima river system, near Ibagué;, Tolima, and two valleys in the headwaters of the río Magdalena, Huila.
Birds collected in Huila in March-April, and in Tolima in June, were in breeding condition.
www.birdlife.org /datazone/species?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=2587&m=0   (654 words)

  
 Proyecto Ognorhynchus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Ognorhynchus icterotis is threatened with global extinction owing to severe habitat loss and hunting across its limited distribution in the high Andes of Colombia and Ecuador.
The initial population of 81 individuals in Tolima rapidly grown to 135, with 20+ pairs breeding twice a year.
threatened by habitat loss; principally the wax palm population is sharply decreasing in Tolima (natural dieback) and in Antioquia (illegal logging for Palm Sunday).
www.ognorhynchus.com /report4.htm   (3749 words)

  
 Daily Record News - Colombian chef finally has kitchen he can call his own   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He's the chef and co-owner of Tolima, a restaurant at the Hickory Square Shopping Center that features new American cuisine.
The Colombian native named his quaint eatery after a district in his home country, but no single country can lay claim to the style of dishes that he has been serving since Tolima opened on Oct. 14.
Hurtado said his primary goal is to make Tolima a success.
www.dailyrecord.com /news/articles/news3-chef.htm   (630 words)

  
 Ski holiday details, Tolima, Val d'Isère, France   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Chalet Tolima is well located on the main street into Val d’Isère (almost opposite the Spar supermarket) and within 10 minutes walk of the town centre.
The free bus stop is only 50 metres away, from which buses run the short distance to both the Solaise and Olympic lifts or to the Funival funicular in La Daille.
Originally built as the owner’s family home, Chalet Tolima has a traditional wood and stone exterior and is beautifully finished with wood panelling throughout its interior and underfloor heating.
www.ifyouski.com /abs/information.asp?AccommodationID=7879   (308 words)

  
 Fútbol - Detalle de Noticia - WWW.COLOMBIA.COM
El partido fue bueno, Prince monto un Tolima ofensivo, con dos atacantes que son demoledores y tan solo a los dos minutos, un desborde por izquierda le deja servido a Iván “Champeta” Velásquez el balón, empujándola al fondo del arco, es el gol número 14 alcanzando al goleador Serna, los visitantes se van en ventaja.
El goleador Velásquez del Tolima no puede continuar, un desgarró en el muslo de la pierna derecha lo saca del partido, Tolima es otro.
Tolima trato pero no pudo, Becerra por derecha inquieto a Niño y en el último minuto, Patiño desperdició el empate.
www.colombia.com /futbol/Noticias/DetalleNoticia6239.asp   (302 words)

  
 Colombian Governors Come to Washington to Denounce Plan Colombia, DRCNet Interviews Tolima Governor Jaramillo
A majority of Colombians would be willing to work with the US for manual eradication of illicit crops, but in a way that will reinforce democracy, human rights and social development.
WOL: Tolima is well north of where the big anti-coca offensive is underway.
We know they are preparing fumigation for us again because first they do the satellite photography, and then they send in the spotter planes, and then we know the fumigation may come at any time.
www.stopthedrugwar.org /chronicle/177/colombiangovernors.shtml   (1483 words)

  
 Diario El Pais - Cali Colombia la nacion opinion noticias periodico deportes revistas gentes y eventos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
La derrota 1-2 de ayer ante el Tolima en el Atanasio Girardot, propició una airada protesta de los hinchas del Medellín que pidieron la cabeza del técnico Reynaldo Rueda.
El Tolima ayer aprovechó la ansiedad roja y liquidó el partido en dos mortíferos contragolpes.
Tolima: Villarraga (8), Viveros (6), Cambindo (7), Peña (7), García (7), Sams (6), Caicedo (6,5), Anchico (5), Ciciliano (6,5), Becerra (7) y Alcázar (5).
elpais-cali.terra.com.co /historico/sep022002/DEP/D302N2.html   (356 words)

  
 Tolima - Rockport Shoes Mens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
You can purchase Tolima for the great price of only £120.00 from Shoes Direct
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Buy Mens Shoes, Tolima and SAVE £££'s only at Clothing-Shop.co.uk - The UK's Premier Clothing Website.
www.clothing-shop.co.uk /mens-clothing/tolima.html   (45 words)

  
 Agence France Presse Spanish: Tolima y Bucaramanga lideran el Torneo Finalización del fútbol colombiano@ ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Agence France Presse Spanish: Tolima y Bucaramanga lideran el Torneo Finalización del fútbol colombiano@ HighBeam Research
Tolima y Bucaramanga ganaron sus respectivos partidos y lideran el Torneo Finalizacin-2004 del ftbol profesional colombiano, tras jugarse la noche de este mircoles la tercera fecha, en la que el Once Caldas, campen de la pasada Copa Libertadores, puso fin a una racha de tres derrotas en lnea.
Tolima gole 4-1 como visitante al Huila, mientras que Bucaramanga venci 2-1 como local al Deportivo Cali, que apenas ha logrado una victoria en el presente campeonato.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:97537309&refid=holomed_1   (212 words)

  
 Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia web design & development firms on The Firm List
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