41. Colombia Page aims to promote colombian culture and values within the LSE community.The Society is very happy to answer questions from prospective Colombian students http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/studentRecruitment/country/colombia.htm

Home Help Search Site index ... LSE for you You are here - Welcome to LSE Academic Registrar's Division Student Recruitment Office Country specific information Colombia Contact us Meet LSE staff in your country Entrance requirements Financial Aid ... Useful links Welcome to the country page for Colombia, which contains specific information for Colombian students about studying at LSE. Currently, we have 19 students from Colombia at LSE: 1 undergraduate student and 18 studying at graduate level. Contact us Ms Anna Debska, Student Recruitment Manager (Overseas), is responsible for prospective students from Colombia. She would be happy to help with any queries you may have. Please feel free to contact her: Student Recruitment Office London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street London Tel: 020 7955 6613 Fax: 020 7955 7421 Email: stu.rec@lse.ac.uk Meet LSE staff in your country We make regular visits to Colombia to hold counselling sessions for prospective students and to visit individual institutions. Details of forthcoming trips can be found on our LSE Visits You page.

42. Creating The Colombian-American Community Foundation -- Diaspora Philanthropy By Our knowledge of colombian culture combined with fundraising experience will beinvaluable as we move forward with the new foundation. http://www.synergos.org/globalgivingmatters/features/0309cacf.htm

GGM Home Your Ideas/ Subscribe About Global Giving Matters ... Synergos Feature August-September 2003 Creating the Colombian-American Community Foundation Diaspora Philanthropy by Word of Mouth Global Giving Matters What spurred the formation of the Colombian-American Community Foundation? Catalina Samper Horak : Before we met, we each had the idea of creating some sort of entity that would enable Colombians living abroad to support Colombian nonprofit organizations within the country. The third sector in Colombia is very sophisticated and can use support effectively. Political violence and the weak economy caused many skilled Colombians to leave over the last decade, although the situation is beginning to change now that there's a new government. About four million Colombians live outside Colombia, including around two million in the US. [The population of Colombia is about 42 million, according to United Nations data for 2000.] Cecilia Mejia : We both have connections with a wide range of Colombians in the US, including some who we felt would want to become involved but would want tax relief to do it. A number of them are already enthusiastically involved. GGM How did you get started?

43. Virtual Andean Tourist Routes - Colonial Cities - Boyaca Real - Colombia /Andean Bursting with history, the department has been the emblem of colombian culture.The Muiscas –a precolombian culture that inhabited the land of the http://www.comunidadandina.org/ingles/tourism/cities/i_boyaca.htm

Other sites of interest Boyacá Bridge Candelaria Desert Paipa This Boyacá town 45 kilometers from Tunja was founded in 1539 by don Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. It is considered to be one of the department’s most attractive tourist sites, for its thermal springs offer tourists the choice of health. The department of Boyacá is situated in the Eastern Cordillera, in central-eastern Colombia. The complex topography of the area gives it a range of temperatures from below zero to thirty-five degrees centigrade. Bursting with history, the department has been the emblem of Colombian culture. The Muiscas –a pre-Colombian culture that inhabited the land of the Boyacenses—were already working the emerald mines before the arrival of the Spaniards, who chose this site as the receptacle for their culture and traditions.

44. Virtual Andean Tourist Routes - Route Of The Month: Flavor? ...Colombian Coffe - Culture, one of the most representative of Colombia’s preColombian art; a pre-colombian culture that inhabited the area before the Spaniards’ http://www.comunidadandina.org/ingles/tourism/cities/i_cafe.htm

Other sites of interest Coffee Foundation Park For further information call 096-753 6095 or visit the website www.parquenacionaldelcafe.com. National Park for the Knowledge of Agriculture The park was created as a new integral program model in which man, the environment and agrotourism interact. The mission of this theme park is to spread the knowledge and adoption of agricultural practices, combined with the holding of camps to allow both young people and adults to enjoy different recreational activities developed on the basis of 7 fundamental pillars: education, enjoyment, technology, research, culture, tourism and marketing. For more information communicate by e-mail at panaca@panaca.com or consult the website www.panaca.com. Cocora Valley Access Tourist Attractions Manizales Pereira Armenia Los Nevados National Natural Park Covering an area of 58 000 hectares, the park offers tourists the enchantment of a mountainous landscape with heights of up to 5 400 masl, where they can walk, trek, climb and practice winter sports under the direction of a park guide. Colonial Cities Archeological Routes National Parks Andean Peaks ... The greatest !

45. Spanish Course - Education - British Council - Colombia Spanish course in Colombia. Curso de español en Colombia. learn about theoutstanding aspects of Cartagena’s culture and colombian culture in general http://www.britishcouncil.org/colombia-education-education-projects-summer-cours

46. Information Technology In Colombia we also must look at the colombian culture. Due to monetary and culturalinfluences, debit cards are becoming more popular in the region precisely http://www.american.edu/CARMEL/hb6458a/electronic.htm

Information Technology in Colombia Electronic Commerce Electronic Commerce is not rampant in Colombia or in Latin America either for that matter. Anyone wanting to provide ecommerce in Colombia must contend with the obvious low computer penetration, lack of Internet accessibility, and the per minute phone charges for Internet usage that discourages browsing and web surfing. Beyond the physical lack of infrastructure and high cost, we also must look at the Colombian culture. If Internet accessibility was prevalent and households had the hardware and were not charged per minute, would ecommerce suddenly increase? Beyond the telecom limitations there are other reasons that preclude the rapid growth of ecommerce. Colombia is not a society of catalog shoppers like the US. It is a "look, feel, and touch" society that is not accustomed to buying sight unseen. Overall, consumer protection laws are weak. The postal service is not trusted and overnight delivery systems are expensive and ineffective. Historically, credit cards have not been used in Colombia or other Latin American countries.

47. History Of Ecuador Opportunities to learn about Precolombian cultures include the well-preservedruins in Machalilla and Ingapirca or visiting one of the excellent museums http://www.galapagosonline.com/predeparture/History/PreColumbianHistory.htm

Pre Colombian History For 12,000 years Ecuador has been home to various civilizations. Early cultures celebrated the history of their forefathers through songs, dances, and story telling. Oral history was an important part of religious ceremonies. Little of this history remains today. The Spanish forcefully converted the indigenous culture to Catholicism, religious ceremonies were abandoned and many of the stories forgotten. The tales that endured are of the Inca's who arrived in Ecuador shortly before the Spanish. Information about earlier cultures is attributed to the archeological treasures discovered throughout the country. Ecuador is a young country archeologically speaking; the importance of unearthing and preserving ruins does not have the enthusiastic support of the country and scientists as in Mexico, Peru, Egypt or Turkey. Many of the country's ruins remain buried, left simply as a mysterious symbol of an earlier culture. One can only imagine what has left to be discovered. Opportunities to learn about Pre-Colombian cultures include the well-preserved ruins in Machalilla and Ingapirca or visiting one of the excellent museums housing collections of artwork and tools. The first known culture of Ecuador is the Las Vegas , a group of hunters and gathers who lived on the Santa Elena Peninsula between the Guayas Basin and Salinas. Living in houses and making textiles they enjoyed a varied economy and they existed by farming crops including maize and squash, hunting, and exploiting the mangroves for wood, oysters and other seafood. The museum "Museo de los Amantes de Sumpa" near Santa Elena houses displays of the Las Vegas and tells the story of their culture.

48. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COLOMBIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION OF ARTICLE 3 Colombians and all of those who want to know about colombian cultureas well as to share our interests can be consider members. Officers http://www.ksu.edu/colombia/constit.htm

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COLOMBIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION OF KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY Name and Purpose ARTICLE 1: This organization shall be known as “THE COLOMBIAN ASSOCIATION OF KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY ARTICLE 2: The Colombian Association of KSU exists to: Serve all members and Colombian people of the community. Assist new Colombian students when they arrive in KSU. Provide a fraternal environment among its members. Encourage the members to keep alive their cultural expressions sharing them with the community. Membership ARTICLE 3: Colombians and all of those who want to know about Colombian culture as well as to share our interests can be consider members. Officers ARTICLE 4: The executive committee of this organization shall be: President. Treasurer. Secretary. ARTICLE 5: The executive committee shall be elected during a general meeting and for a term of one year. (The general meeting is defined in the ARTICLE 8) ARTICLE 6: Duties of the executive committee. President Preside at organization meetings. Facilitate executive committee meetings.

49. Colombia Country Report The Socioeconomics programme that deals with ethnobiology studies, economics andbiodiversity and with the role of biodiversity in colombian culture. http://www.ilternet.edu/meetings/panama96/colombia/colombia.html

Colombia COLOMBIA NATIONAL RESEARCH STATION NETWORK Gisele Didier Direction's Assistant Humboldt Institute. 1. The Humboldt Institute The Humboldt Institute belongs to the recently created Ministry of the Environment technical and scientific support body. Althought It was created by law in 1993, it only started to operate 18 months ago. Four more institutes were created by the same law. These institutes are: The IDEAM institute, in charge of physical environment research The INVEMAR Institute, in charge of marine research The SINCHI Institute, responsible for the research in the Amazon region The John von Neumann Institute, responsible for the research in the Choco region, and The Alexander von Humboldt Institute, in charge of biodiversity research in the whole country The Humboldt Institute is an non profit corporation, made up by 23 members, including the Ministry of the Environment, Colombia National Science Foundation (Colciencias), Universities and Non governmental Organizations among others. It's goal is to promote, coordinate and carry out research that contributes to the conservation and sustainable use of Biodiversity in Colombia.

50. UNESCO Proclaims Colombian Carnival An Intangible Heritage This was announced on Friday by the colombian culture Minister Maria Araujo. The Colombian cultural masterpiece was presented through the Culture http://www.china.org.cn/english/culture/79544.htm

- SEARCH - WEATHER CHINA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ... Hotel Service Hot Links -Media- Xinhua News Agency People's Daily China Daily China Radio International Beijing Review China Today China Pictorial People's China El Popola Cinio Chinese Literature Other web sites China Development Gateway Chinese Embassies UNESCO Proclaims Colombian Carnival An Intangible Heritage Colombia's Carnival of Barranquilla, was declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Friday to be a tradition of Oraland Intangible Heritage of humanity. This was announced on Friday by the Colombian Culture Minister Maria Araujo. The minister said that through this recognition: "One of the most important cultural traditions of the Colombian people is now visible to the world." Maria Araujo said the mixture of colors, rhythm, dancing, costumes and people in each carnival kept the cultural tradition of Colombia alive, a reason why such UNESCO recognition was worth being proud of. This decision was taken by a jury of 18 experts which selected 28 masterpieces including the Barranquilla Carnival out of 56 candidacies, each of which was evaluated by different specialized institutions.

51. UC Merced - About UC Merced Engineer Pursues Cultural, Academic Exchanges With Colombian University view all The couple is committed to sharing their colombian culture with the http://www.ucmerced.edu/spotlightdetail.asp?spotlightid=16

52. Colombian Students Association At Stanford UPCOMING CONFERENCE COLOMBIA, THE BEST KEPT SECRET OF THE WORLD, APRIL 3rd colombian culture and traditions among the Stanford community. http://www.stanford.edu/group/colombianos/hovedside.html

COLOMBIAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION AT STANFORD Announcements: UPCOMING CONFERENCE: COLOMBIA, THE BEST KEPT SECRET OF THE WORLD, APRIL 3 rd NOW YOU CAN CHECK THE COLOMBIAN TV NEWS ONLINE HUMOR: THE "AREPA"... IS IT COLOMBIAN OR VENEZUELAN The association of Colombian students at Stanford intends to: Promote the knowledge of Colombian culture and traditions among the Stanford community. Organize activities to integrate the Colombian students at Stanford and all those interested in Colombia. Provide useful links and information for prospective students. Encourage the exchange of ideas about social aspects of the Colombian reality. Poporo Quimbaya Gold Museum Pictures in this sequence: Balcones - Cartagena de Indias

53. Spanish Program Hispanic culture. Main areas of research. Afrocolombian culture and literature.Testimonial literature in Colombia and Latin America. http://www.regiscollege.edu/programs/spanish/ortiz.htm

Spanish Home Programs of Study B.A. in 3 years Spanish Major Spanish Minor Spanish Course Listing ... Information Resources Library Student Success center Admission Financial Aid How to Apply Online Application Regis College Spanish Faculty LUCÍA ORTIZ Associate Professor of Spanish Program Coordinator Regis College, Weston, MA 02493-1571 lucia.ortiz@regiscollege.edu Education: Ph.D. Hispanic Language and Literature. Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures. Boston University, Boston, MA. B.A. International Relations. School of Arts and Sciences. Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. Teaching areas: Latin American Literature. The Fantastic Short Story in Latin America. Women Writers in Latin America. Introduction to Literature in Spanish. Hispanic culture. Main areas of research: Afro-Colombian culture and literature. Testimonial literature in Colombia and Latin America. Women writers in Colombia and Latin America. Work in Progress: Nord Testimonio in several types of cultural production in Colombia. The

54. HLAS 52 History Colombia And Ecuador biographical sketches of 81 individuals whom Carlos Perozzo regards asinfluential in the formation of colombian culture and history (item bi 89004865). http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/hum52hist-rausch.html

HLAS Online Home Page Search HLAS Online Help FAQ ... Comments Volume 52 / Humanities HISTORY: SPANISH SOUTH AMERICA 19th and 20th Centuries: Colombia and Ecuador JANE M. RAUSCH Professor of History, University of Massachusetts-Amherst COLOMBIA Archivo Santander For Colombian history since 1840, a welcome development is a trend toward historical synthesis. Two multi-volume general histories that cover events from conquest to the 1980s have taken their places beside the Academia Historia de Colombia's Historia extensa. The eight-volume Historia de Colombia Nueva historia de Colombia under the editorship of Jaime Jaramillo Uribe is directed more toward researchers: vols. 1-2 reprint the Manual de historia de Colombia published by Colcultura between 1978-80 and vols. I-VI (items bi 91024270 - bi 91024279), contain especially prepared essays by two dozen "new historians" who, besides summarizing political events from 1886 to 1986, cover topics ranging from international relations and social movements to the history of Colombian science and urban social life. Both sets can be supplemented by Orlando Melo's unique two-volume anthology of eyewitness accounts of key events from colonial times to the present (item bi 90006989) and the more pedestrian - biographical sketches of 81 individuals whom Carlos Perozzo regards as influential in the formation of Colombian culture and history (item bi 89004865). Also worthy of mention is Alfredo Iriarte's

55. PixelACHE 2005 » Intermundos.org conception and design of the website has been to depict indigenous and afrocolombian cultures by utilizing their thought system, knowledge, products, http://www.pixelache.ac/2005/helsinki/projects/intermundos-org-desc

PixelACHE 2005 Mailing list Archive Blog ... Info / About PixelACHE 2005 Helsinki The Dot Org Boom eng fin Program overview ... Artist residency Helsinki Program Dot Org Boom: Wikipedia.org Intermundos.org Digitalopenandfree.org Disappeared In America ... Franco ”Bifo” Berardi VJ Culture and Audiovisual Performances: A Day on Earth (CAN) Respam Inbox (US/RO) Pointless Creations (UK) IIS:006 (FR) ... Jenni Valorinta aka VJ *jen (FI) VJ Culture Screenings: Machinista (UK) RELINE2 (US) vom club ins museum (GER) Experimental Interaction and Electronics: Elf : electronic-life-forms (GER) LED Music Box (US) Four Ophones (SE) Nuage Vert (FR) ... Chamber Music (FI) Interactive and Participatory Cinema: One Day Video Lipstick traces Banananose Computer Movies Workshops: Particle/Wave Hybrid Radio Workshop Video teatterissa - VJ in theatre PixelTANGO workshop PiDiP workshop ... Python for mobile workshop Club events: PixelACHE Club (UMO Jazz House) Bang! PixelACHE + Particle/Wave Closing Party (m-bar) Club Bundolo with PixelACHE VJs + Bonus: Loca: grass-roots, pervasive surveillance ...also pls check out additional events, articles etc on the front page sidebar. Intermundos.org

56. Culture Development Gateway The daily Colombian reality of poverty, civil war, and crime led thirteen poets to says that it is a sign of the democratization of colombian culture; http://topics.developmentgateway.org/culture/rc/BrowseContent.do~source=RCConten

English Home About Us My Gateway Feedback ... Culture and Development > Content Content Browser Advanced search email this page 241 items. Page 1 of 17 Next Filter by: All Regions/Countries East Asia and Pacific Europe and Central Asia Latin America and Caribbean Middle East and North Africa North America South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa International Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comors Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, Republic Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic C´te d'Ivoire Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Faeroe Islands Falkland Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Gambia, The

57. Colombianos One of the most important and monumental archeological sites in Colombia is San reflects the existence of precolombian cultures that left behind http://web.mit.edu/activity/c/colombianos/www/tourism2.html

Contact us: colombianos @ mit . edu ABOUT COLOMBIA San Agustin Tierradentro Located in the state of Cauca, reflects the existence of pre-Colombian cultures that left behind impressive funerary architecture. Their ultimate artistic expression was in subterranean tombs, some of them deeper than seven meters underground and decorated inside with geometric designs in red and black on white and with bas relief anthropomorphic figures. The Lost City (Santa Marta)

58. Costa Rica History PreColombian artefacts from the Museum of Gold Pre-Colombian Art The richpre-colombian culture left behind beautiful reelects of their art. Mayan Ruins http://www.calypsotours.com/costarica/history.htm

Calypso Tours Costa Rica's Adventure Specialists Your One-Stop Costa Rica Travel Guide on the Internet We offer On-Line Travel Reservations -Canopy Tour ... Table of contents History of Costa Rica P re- C onquest Of all the Central American countries, Costa Rica is the one which has been most influenced by the Spanish conquest, and there are relatively few signs of pre-Colombian cultures . The well-known Mexican and northern Central American civilizations, such as the Aztecs, Olmecs and Mayas, did not reach as far south as Costa Rica. Those peoples who did exist in Costa Rica were few in number and relatively poorly organized. They offered little resistance to the Spanish, left us little in the way of ancient archeological monuments, and had no written language. Many indigenous populations were wiped out by diseases after the arrival of the Europeans. This is not to say that Costa Rica's pre-Columbian peoples were uncivilized. A visit to San José's Museo de Jade (Jade Museum) or Museo de Oro Pre-Columbiano (Pre-Columbian Gold Museum ) will awe the visitor. The Museo Jade has the world's largest collection of pre-Columbian jade- and most of it comes from the Costa Rican area. The Museo de Oro has approximately 2000 pieces on display. Unfortunately, not a great deal is known about the cultures which produced these treasures.

59. Be Client If you want to meet Colombian ladies, speak with Colombian people! introduce himto the colombian culture because we live amidst the colombian culture, http://www.odee.com/BeClient/

Clients and Purpose of Odee Purpose Odee's focus is on women from Colombia desirous of finding foreign husbands. Established in 1982, our main objective is to help members find serious and lasting relationships, leading to marriage, with honest women having high moral values. Advantange If you want to meet Colombian ladies, speak with Colombian people! Being a client of Odee's offers advantages that other international agencies cannot provide. The most prominent is that we are Colombian counsellors working from Bogota with operations across the country, and we offer our affiliated women personalized introduction services around the world. Likewise when a man comes to Odee, we properly introduce him to the Colombian culture because we live amidst the Colombian culture, and of course we're completely familiar with its nuances. Beautiful building. This a view of the Bellas Artes Faculty at the National University of Colombia, in Bogota. National Architecture Award.

60. LAN_Newsletters Se cuidan mucho y que ¡Viva Colombia! Dear friends of theFestival of colombian culture http://www.latinoarts.net/news/july.html

July 18, 2002 Dear Members and Friends: Welcome new member Berta Barajas Concha, member Citizens Advisory Committee, Grants for the Arts, San Francisco. From CAC Staff: Unfortunately due to the budget circumstances we've had to cancel our reservation with Asilomar for the conference next January. Asilomar has been very generous with us having waived the initial deposit and not requiring one until September. However, they were unable to waive the cancellation fee which would have been $20,000.00 had we cancelled less than six months before the conference. Once the state budget is signed we can re-evaluate the situation. A possibility being considered is to hold the conference in January 2004. This new section of the LAN newsletter features items of interest to our Latino artists, arts organizations and the communities we serve. We chose LAN member, Assemblyman Marco Antonio Firebaugh as the first legislator to be highlighted in this new section. Majority Floor Leader Marco Antonio Firebaugh was first elected to the California State Assembly in November 1998 to represent the 50 th Assembly District. He easily won re-election, garnering 85% of the vote, and was sworn into office on December 4, 2000 to serve his second term. The 50

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