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The Thousand Days' War (Spanish: Guerra de los Mil Días) was a civil war fought in Colombia from 17 October 1899 to 21 November 1902, at first between the Liberal Party and the government led by the National Party, and later – after the Conservative Party had ousted the National Party – between the liberals and the conservative government.
El Gordo de la Primitiva (lit. the fat one of the primitive (lottery) , can be translated as the big one ), commonly known as El Gordo , is one of the lotteries of the Loterías y Apuestas del Estado , the Spanish government lottery authority.
El Día de las Velitas is celebrated throughout Colombia, but traditions vary in each region and city. In the municipality of Quimbaya , in Quindío Department the most important cultural event is the Candles and Lanterns Festival (full name in Spanish: Fiesta Nacional del Concurso de Alumbrados con Velas y Faroles ), which began in 1982 and is ...
Mobile Anti-Disturbances Squadron or Escuadrón Móvil Antidisturbios (ESMAD) in Spanish is a Colombian National Police riot control unit specialized on preventing and/or controlling public disturbances and riots, as well controlling vandalism in cities. This unit is under the command of the Operative Directorate of the Colombian National Police.
The episode prompted dozens of complaints by fellow physicians [15] and medicine students, with several institutions such as Hospital de la Misericordia (a pediatric hospital where Dr. Bonilla works), [16] the Colombian Society of Pediatric Surgery, [17] and the Colombian Surgery Association, [18] among others, sending letters of protest to the ...
Declaration of Independence of Colombia: Declaración de la Independencia de Colombia blue laws apply August 7 Battle of Boyacá: Batalla de Boyacá August 15 [n 1] Assumption Day: La Asunción October 12 [n 1] Columbus Day: Día de la Raza November 1 [n 1] All Saints’ Day: Día de los Santos November 11 [n 1] Independence of Cartagena ...
Colombia is the only country that has officially imposed restrictions on U.S. beef exports over the H5N1 outbreak, said Joe Schuele, spokesman for the U.S. Meat Export Federation, an industry group.
The Colombian Identity Card (Spanish: Documento de Identidad Colombiano, pronounced [dokuˈmento ðejðentiˈðað kolomˈbjano], also known as Cédula de Ciudadanía) is the identity document issued to Colombian citizens by local registry offices in Colombia and diplomatic missions abroad to every Colombian person over 18 years of age.