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Population
Population
2022:52 million people
Migration
2022: Large-scale population immigration from Venezuela amid crisis
2021: Net population inflow in 4 years
President and Government
Main article: Colombian Council of Ministers
2022: Former guerrilla Gustavo Petro becomes Colombia's new president
In mid-June 2022, the candidate of the united left forces of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, won the second round of the presidential election, follows from the preliminary counting of all ballots. Petro received 50.5% against 47.31% of entrepreneur Rodolfo Hernandez, and the difference in votes was 720 thousand votes. The presidents of Argentina, Mexico, Bolivia, Venezuela, Honduras, Nicaragua, Chile, Cuba and the United States have already congratulated the representative of the Colombian socialists on the victory. Read more here.
Economy
GDP
2022: GDP size - $0.35 trillion
2021: GDP size - $0.3 trillion
Financial system
National debt
2023: State debt - 64% of GDP
2017: State debt - 49% of GDP
Inflation and key rate
2022: Inflation in November - 12.2%
2021: Inflation rate rises in May
Labour market and unemployment
2023: Youth unemployment 18.7%
2022: Proportion of workers aged 65 or over - above 20%
2020: Unemployment rate - 17.3%
Incomes of the population
2023: Minimum wage - $249
2022:40% of citizens live with a budget of less than $5.5 per day
Minerals
Oil production
Food industry
Foreign trade
2022: US is the biggest export destination
2021: World's No. 5 coal exporter
2020: Oil is the main export item
2019: Colombia is a major supplier of coal to the EU
Agriculture
2021: Share of farmland - 40%
2019: Average use of pesticides in agriculture
Tourism
R&D
2020: R&D spending - $1.6 billion
Energy carriers
2020: Energy consumption per capita
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Consumption
2023: Poultry meat is the most consumed type of meat
2022: World No. 2 for marijuana cheapness: $2.2 per gram
Hunger
Foreign policy
2022: Sending Colombian sappers to Ukraine at US request
In June 2022, Colombian Defense Minister Diego Molano announced the upcoming sending of troops from the international demining center to Ukraine to assist in the practical training of Ukrainian forces.
The decision was made after Molano's visit to the United States and Floyd Austin's offer to help Kyiv as "the main US partner outside the NATO bloc."
A team of instructors is being prepared who will go to Ukraine in late July - early August. The business trip will last from 5 to 8 months.
The Colombian leadership has been targeting the North Atlantic Bloc for many years. In 2013, a cooperation agreement was concluded, five years later Colombia became a global partner of NATO.
And already in May 2022, the country was officially called the "main strategic partner outside NATO" for President Ivan Duque's condemnation of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine.
The state has been a conductor of US interests in Latin America for many years. In the White House, under the guise of combating drug trafficking, they are promoting their projects against Venezuela and the Russian presence.
This occurs through funding through various governmental and non-governmental organizations, including the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Sending personnel to Ukraine is another act of indicative adherence to US policy. For this, Colombians can hope to receive dividends in the form of supplies of weapons and military equipment.
Education
Literacy rate
Health care
2021: Maternity leave
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2020
Duration of guaranteed paid sick leave 6 months or more
Part of the population defecates on the street
Information security
2023: Hackers steal data from hundreds of thousands of customers of one of Colombia's biggest banks
On January 3, 2023, IT security company Qualys revealed details of an extremely confusing cyber campaign in which attackers spread BitRAT malware. Read more here.
Crime
Prisons
2021: Number of prisoners - 97,110
2019: The minimum age for children to be jailed is 14
2018: Number of prisoners per 100 thousand citizens
Sport
2022: The most popular sport is football
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History
2023: US grants Colombia status as "one of major US allies outside NATO"
In 2023, US President Biden announced the granting of Colombia the status of one of the main US allies outside NATO.
2018
450,000 people killed in armed conflict since 1985
Colombia is among the leaders in the number of murders of journalists
1996
1994
After losing this meeting, the Colombians could not leave the group and flew home. A few days later, Escobar was shot while in his car. The killer accompanied each shot with a shout: "Goal!"]]
1993: Elimination of drug lord Pablo Escobar
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1945
16th century: The decline of Tyrone culture after the Spanish conquest
Tyrone is an ancient culture, uniting several relatively independent territories ruled by chiefs. It existed in the modern Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta region in the departments of Cesar, Magdalena and Guajira in Colombia.
The first monuments date back to about the 1st century. n e., the heyday falls on the 11th century. n e. and is associated with a significant population growth, and the decline dates back to the 16th century, the era of the Spanish conquest, when the culture of Tyrone was forcibly included in the Spanish system of "encomienda."
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