Colombia
National Anthem
Oh, unfading glory!
Oh, inmortal joy!
In furrows of pain,
the good now germinates.
The fearful
night has ceased.
Liberty sublime
shines forth the dawning
of its invincible light.
All of mankind,
moaning in chains,
understands the words
of the one who died on the cross.
"Independence!"
cries
the American world;
The land of Columbus.
Is bathed in heroes' blood.
But this great principle;
"The king is not sovereign",
resounds, and those who suffer
bless their passion.
The Orinoco's
bed
Is heaped with plunder,
The river runs
With blood and weeping.
In Bárbula
neither soul nor eyes,
know whether to feel shock
or to suffer fright.
On the shores of the Caribbean,
the famished people fight,
choosing the horrors
over fickle health.
O, aye! for Cartagena
heavy is the hardship,
but her virtue
disdains death's rubble.
From Boyacá
in the fields,
the genius of glory,
for every ear a hero
undefeated crowned.
Soldiers without breastplate
won victory;
their virile breath
as shield served.
Bolívar crosses the Andes
that two oceans bathe,
swords as sparks
shine in Junín.
Untameable centaurs
descend to the plains,
and a prescience begins to be felt,
the epic' end has come.
The victorious
trumpet
in Ayacucho loudly thunders,
that in every triumph grows
its formidable sound.
In its expansive thrust
Liberty is worn for the first time,
from the American sky
a pavilion forming up.
In agony, the
Virgin
Tears out her hair,
and bereft of her love,
leaves it to hang on a cypress.
Regretting her hope
is covered by a cold headstone,
but glorious pride
hallows her fair skin.
Thus the motherland is formed,
Thermopylaes are breaking forth;
constellation of cyclops
its night brightened.
The trembling flower
finding the wind mortal,
underneath the laurels
its safety sought.
But it's not
complete glory
to defeat in battle,
that the arm that fights
is encouraged by truth.
For independence alone
The great clamour doesn't silence;
if the sun illuminates everyone,
justice is liberty.
From men the
rights
Nariño's preaching,
the soul of struggle
was prophetically taught.
When Ricaurte in San Mateo,
in atoms flying,
"Duty before life,"
with flames he wrote.
Source
Capital
Bogotá
Area
1,138,910
sq km
Currency
Colombian Peso
COP
Emergency
numbers
119
Languages
Spanish
Government
Colombia
Government
Law
ministry
Minsitry
of Justice
Population
50,882,891
Source
See
latest population
Colombia
Police
Agency overview : Formed November 5, 1891
Legal personality : Governmental Government agency
Operational
structure
Agency executive : General of Police
Parent agency : Colombian Ministry of Defense
Direcciones : 8
Website : http://www.policia.gov.co/portal/page/portal/HOME/home1008
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Colombia
Political parties
Major
parties
Social
Party of National Unity
Partido Social de Unidad Nacional
Founded
2005
Website :- www.partidodelau.com
Colombian
Conservative Party
Partido Conservador Colombiano
Founded October 4, 1849
Website :- http://partidoconservador.com/
Colombian
Liberal Party
Partido Liberal Colombiano
Founded 1848
Website :- http://www.partidoliberal.org.co/
Democratic
Center (Colombia)
Centro Democrático
Founded 20 January 2013
Website :- http://www.centrodemocratico.com/
Other
Parties
Radical
Change
Cambio Radical
Founded 1998
Website :- http://www.partidocambioradical.org/
Citizen
Option
Partido Opción Ciudadana
Founded November 2009
Website :- http://www.partidoopcionciudadana.com/portal/
Green
Alliance
Alianza Verde
Founded 2005
Website :- http://www.partidoverde.org.co/
Alternative
Democratic Pole
Polo Democrático Alternativo
Founded December 2005
Website :- http://www.polodemocratico.net/
Independent
Movement of Absolute Renovation
Movimiento Independiente de Renovación Absoluta
Founded July 26, 2000
Website :- http://www.movimientomira.com/
(*)
Citizen Option Party is the union of four previous small right-wing
parties:
Democratic Colombia
Party (Partido Colombia Democrática)
Living Colombia Movement (Movimiento Colombia Viva)
Citizen's Convergence Party (Partido Convergencia Ciudadana)
Liberal Opening Movement (Movimiento Apertura Liberal)
Minor
parties
Indigenous Parties
Indigenous Social
Alliance (Alianza Social Indígena) (Center)
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia (Autoridades Indígenas de Colombia)
(Far-left)
Afro-Colombian
communities Parties
United Popular
Movement (Movimiento Popular Unido) (Center-right)
PROVIDES Association (Asociación PROVIDES) (Center-left)
Religions
Roman Catholic 79%
Protestant 14%
Other 2%
Unspecified 5%
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