Research Paper on:
Terrorism and Colombia

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out of the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830, the others being Ecuador and Venezuela (CIA). The 1990s have seen a forty-year insurgent campaign in its efforts to overthrow the  Colombian government. This revolutionary campaign if supported in part by funds from the Colombian drug trade (CIA). Thus far, while the violence has been intense and large area of the  countryside are under guerilla influence, the insurgency movement has lacked the military strength or support among the populace to succeed in overthrowing the government (CIA). In recent years,  an anti-insurgent army of paramilitaries has increased to several thousand strong and is challenging the insurgents for control of regions of Colombia, as well as control over drug trafficking (CIA).  Officials in Bogota, Colombias capital, continue to negotiate a settlement, but neighboring countries worry that the violence that marks life in Colombia will overflow into their territory (CIA). The following  profile of Colombia places the terrorism in Colombia in perspective, yet also shows how terrorism has become a part of this countrys reality. Geographically, Colombia is one of South  Americas largest countries. Stretching 1,140,000 square kilometers, the country is roughly equal to the region occupied by Portugal, Spain, and France (LASO). It is located at the northwest corner of  South America and is the only South American country that has coasts on both the Pacific (1350 km long) and the Atlantic (over 1600 km) (LASO). Three Andean ranges run  north and south through the western half of the country, which accounts for roughly 45 percent of Colombias total territory (LASO). The eastern region of the country is a  vast lowland that can roughly be divided into two principal regions. To the north is a huge open savanna and to the south is the Amazon, representing roughly 400,000 square