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International Speaker Profile
Alvaro Rodriguez
I’m a PhD. Student in Chemical Engineering at the University of Akron.
Colombian mapSouth America
Official nameRepublica de Colombia
CapitalSantafé de Bogotá
32 provinces
Major citiesMedellín, Cali, Cartagena, Barranquilla, Pasto.
Neighboring CountriesEcuador, Perú, Brazil, Venezuela and Panamá.
CHORUS
¡Oh, gloria inmarcesible!¡Oh, júbilo inmortal!En surcos de dolores,el bien germina ya.
Oh, unfading glory!Oh, inmortal joy!In furrows of pain,the good now germinates..
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Cesó la horrible noche.La libertad sublimederrama las aurorasde su invencible luz.La humanidad entera,que entre cadenas gime,comprende las palabrasdel que murió en la cruz.
The fearful night has ceased.Sublime Libertyshines forth the dawningof its invincible light.All of mankind,moaning in chains,understands the wordsof the one who died on the cross.
It is mandatory to broadcast the national anthem on radio and TV at 6:00 am and at 6:00 pm
It is mandatory to broadcast the national anthem on radio and TV at 6:00 am and at 6:00 pm
Republic of Colombia
Coat of Arms
Colombia - Quick Facts Colombia is named
after Christopher Columbus
Capital: Bogota
Approx. 10 million
Language: Spanish
Population
46.9 million
Independence
July 20, 1810
Colombia - Quick Facts
Currency: Colombian peso
Gross National Income per capita: US $6,110 (World Bank, 2011)
Religion: 90% Roman Catholic
National tree: Wax Palm
National flower: Orchid
Andean Condor
Spectacled Bear
Quimbaya civilization
This civilization flourished during the 4th to the 7th century
The Quimbaya artifacts are displayed at the Gold Museum in Bogota and they represent birds, lizards, amphibians and insects common in that region and during that period.
Poporo quimbaya
Quimbaya airplane
Muisca civilizationLived in the eastern highland
savanna from 1000 – 1538
Muisca sacred raft going to Lake Guatavita
Bachue: goddess of water
Bochica: chief and hero of the muisca civilization. Political figure and agriculture savior
Tairona civilization
The Tairona was established in the region of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and was present
mainly between the 1st and 11th century
Tairona gold pendants
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITESUNESCO World Heritage Sites
San Agustin – Huila, Neiva
Malpelo – Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
Tierradentro - Underground tombs and chambers
Lost City Ruins - Tairona
Official Language: SPANISHEnglish is also official in San Andrés and Providencia Islands
75 ethnic languages and dialects
Hola, como estas?Mucho gustoBuenos diasHabla Ingles?Hasta la vistaFeliz NavidadNo comprendoGraciasPerdoneNo me gusta
Hello, how are you?Nice to meet youGood dayDo you speak English?See you laterMerry ChristmasI don't understandThanksExcuse meI don't like
GOVERNMENT
Current PresidentJuan Manuel Santos
2010-present
Presidential HouseCasa de Nariño
Constitutional
Republic
Voting starts at 18 years old
KEY ISSUESColombian Armed Conflict
*Illegal drug trade *Guerrilla
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)National Liberation Army (ELN)United Self-defense Forces of Colombia (AUC)
ECONOMYFlowers, coal, coffee, banana, sugar cane, textiles, emeralds, chemicals, gold, concrete, rice, tobacco, cocoa
CULTURE – ARTS AND LITERATURE
Art
Literature Nobel PrizeGabriel Garcia Marquez
Fernando BoteroPainter and Sculptor
SPORTS - CYCLISM
BMX Olympic Gold MedalistMariana Pajon
King of the Mountains
Vuelta a España(1987, 1991)
Tour de France(1985, 1987)Giro d'Italia
(1989)
SPORTS
Juan Pablo Montoya
Camilo Villegas 2010 World Series MVPEdgar Renteria
2012 Inline Speed-Skating World Champions
NATIONAL FESTIVALS
Blacks and Whites' Carnival
Flowers’ Festival
Coffee festival
Barranquilla’s Carnival
Cali Festival
Barranquilla’s Carnival
Marimondas
Afro-Colombian
Mother of the forest
End of the Carnival by the burial of Joselito Carnaval