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Colombia Playbook
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This playbook will provide insights on how to visit Colombia and enjoy everything she has to offer within the city and out.
This will provide context of the safety and dangers of Colombia and how to navigate and not look lost.
Brief History of Colombia
Discovered in 1499 by Alonso de Ojeda and Amerigo Vespucci under the Spanish expedition after the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus in 1492.
Colombia was under Spanish rule from 1499 - 1819, from where an independence movement started in 1810, by Creole elites who were inspired from the American and French Revolutions at the time.
By 1819, Simon Boliver lead the revolutionary forces to the Battle of Boyacá, which resulted in the Spanish defeat and creation of Gran Colombia.
Current Political & Social Environments
In 2022, Colombia voted in a Leftist government for the first time in its history, with President Gustavo Petro, who was a former senator, mayor of Bogotá and guerrilla fighter of the infamous M19 group.
Many Colombian’s are conservative by nature and President Petro marks a shift in Colombian society as poverty, homelessness and crime has plagued the country.
From a tourists perspective, the political environment does not have an immediate impact, compared to the social. Within the past 5-years, (2019 - 2024), Colombia has been experiencing a tourism boom, and as a result crimes towards foreigners have increased. With kidnappings, armed robberies and druggings increasing in major cities such as Bogota, Medellin, Cartagena and Santa Marta.
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