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The ombudsman, or People's Defender (Spanish: Defensor del Pueblo), is an official appointed by the President, and elected by the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, to head this agency. [4] The Ombudsman’s Office is funded through the Inspector General’s Office, but it operates independently in administration and budget. [4]
This article lists cities in Colombia by population, according to National Administrative Department of Statistics (commonly referred to as DANE in Spanish). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] All cities listed must have a population of at least 100,000 residents, because this is a list of cities not towns.
Domingo Caycedo y Sanz de Santamaría: 2 José Ignacio de Márquez [8] 10 March 1832 – 12 May 1833 Conservative: Francisco de Paula Santander: 3 Joaquín Mosquera [9] 12 May 1833 – 1 April 1835 Conservative: Santander y Omaña: 4 José Ignacio de Márquez [8] 1 April 1835 – 1 April 1837 Conservative: Francisco de Paula Santander: 5 ...
BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia's human rights ombudsman on Friday urged local authorities of high-risk areas for wildfires to take preventative action, while the environment minister warned the Andean ...
The Directorate for Citizens Security or Dirección de Seguridad Ciudadana is a branch of the Colombian National Police, currently led by Operative Director Brigadier General Luis Alberto Gómez, controls strategic police services in cities, metropolitan areas, police departments and decentralized units.. It was formerly known as the Direccion ...
The Ministry of Transport was created in 1905 during the presidency of Rafael Reyes under the name of Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transporte or Ministry of Public Works and Transport with the main function of taking care of national assets issues, including mines, oil (fuel), patents and trade marks, railways, roads, bridges, national buildings and land not privately owned.
Education in Colombia includes nursery school, elementary school, high school, technical instruction and university education. The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) [ 1 ] finds that Colombia is fulfilling only 80.5% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to education based on the country's level of income. [ 2 ]
In the late 1980s, Colombia was facing a period of unprecedented violence. Although political violence had been commonplace in the country's history since the 19th century, and Colombia had been embroiled in an armed conflict primarily against guerrilla groups since the 1960s, in the 1980s the list of actors involved in the armed conflict became increasingly complex and the violence took on ...