The Western Bloc of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia was the smallest of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's (FARC) blocs in size,although not in military capability. It was often held responsible for attacks that occurred in Cali and the surrounding area. The specific divisions of the group are arguable. Some of its divisions or fronts,as they were commonly known as,are shown below. Many of these fronts worked together at times towards a certain mission,while others were further divided into columns and companies with a smaller number of members. For more general information,see FARC-EP Chain of Command.
Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego is a Colombian politician,economist,and former member of the M19 armed guerrilla movement. He has been serving as the president of Colombia since 2022. Upon his inauguration,he became the first left-wing president in the recent history of Colombia.
Infiltrados is a 2011 Colombian police procedural drama produced by BE-TV and broadcast by Caracol TV.
The Clan del Golfo,also known as Gaitanist Self-Defense Forces of Colombia and formerly called Los Urabeños and Clan Úsuga,is a prominent Colombian neo-paramilitary group and currently the country's largest drug cartel.
La viuda negra is a 2014 Spanish-language telenovela produced by RTI Producciones and Televisa for United States-based television network Univisión and for Colombia-based television network Caracol Television. It is an adaptation of the book La patrona de Pablo Escobar of JoséGuarnizo based on history from Griselda Blanco.
Ronald Mayorga Sánchez is a Colombian journalist and TV anchor of La Red on Caracol Television in Colombia. He works as a radio journalist who works with "Blue Radio",one of the radio stations imported from Latin America as a host in Vox Populi.
Italian Colombians are Colombian-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent,whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Colombia during the Italian diaspora,or Italian-born people in Colombia. Italians have been immigrating to Colombia since the early 16th century.
Francia Elena Márquez Mina is a Colombian human-rights and environmental activist and lawyer,who is the 13th and current Vice President of Colombia. She was born in Yolombó,a village in the Cauca Department. She first became an activist at 13,when construction of a dam threatened her community. After taking office,she became the first Afro-Colombian vice president in the country's history. She is also the second woman to hold the post,after Marta Lucía Ramírez. In August 2020,Márquez announced her candidacy in the 2022 Colombian presidential election and sought the nomination for the Historic Pact for Colombia coalition. She was later chosen by the coalition's nominee,Gustavo Petro,to be his running mate. In 2023 she was also appointed as Minister for Equality and Equal Opportunity of Colombia.
The Queen and the Conqueror,is a Colombian historical drama television series created by Johhny Ortiz,and directed by Camilo Villamizar,and Juan Carlos Vásquez. The series revolves around the history that led to the founding of the city of Cartagena de Indias,of major importance in The Americas. The series is recorded in 4K Ultra-high-definition television. The show is filmed in Colombia,specifically in Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta,the banks of the Magdalena River and Palomino,Villa de Leyva,and Santa Fe de Antioquia. It stars Essined Rivera Aponte,and Emmanuel Esparza as the main's characters.
Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 29 May 2022,with a runoff on 19 June 2022 as no candidate obtained at least 50% in the first round of voting. Iván Duque,who was elected president in 2018,was ineligible to run due to term limits. Gustavo Petro,a senator,former Mayor of Bogota,and runner-up in the 2018 election,defeated Rodolfo Hernández Suárez,former Mayor of Bucaramanga,in the runoff election. Petro's victory made him the first left-wing candidate to be elected president of Colombia,and his running mate,Francia Márquez,is the first Afro-Colombian elected to the vice-presidency,as well as the second female vice-president overall.
El Rey,Vicente Fernández is a Mexican biographical drama produced by Colombian network Caracol TV. The series aired first in Colombia on Caracol TV from 3 August 2022 to 16 September 2022. The series became available for streaming outside Colombia on Netflix on 14 September 2022. On Netflix,the series has a total of 36 episodes.
The Colombian order of precedence is a symbolic hierarchy of officials used to direct protocol. It is regulated by Act 1444 of 4 May 2011.
The League of Anti-Corruption Governors is a Colombian political movement,created in October 2019 by the former mayor of Bucaramanga,Rodolfo Hernández Suárez,and by the candidates for the 2020–2023 municipal council. It was conceived as an independent civic alternative to traditional political parties and ideologies,with the purpose of reaching the presidency of the republic in the 2022 election. Earlier,in the 2015 local elections,Rodolfo Hernández managed to reach the Mayor's Office of Bucaramanga through an independent candidacy via the "Movimiento Cívico Lógica Etica y Estética",previously founded by Hernández to support his political campaign. In May 2022,Hernández finished in second place in the first round of the presidential elections,proceeding to the second round against Gustavo Petro. He finished in second place in the second round as well.
Las Villamizar is a Colombian telenovela created by Juan Carlos Aparicio. It aired on Caracol Televisión from 18 April 2022 to 2 August 2022. Set in the midst of the Spanish Reconquest in 1816,the telenovela follows three high society sisters on a mission to avenge their mother,killed by the Spanish army.
Verónica del Socorro Alcocer García is a Colombian philanthropist and the current First Lady of Colombia since 2022,as the third wife of President Gustavo Petro.
Gustavo Petro assumed office as President of Colombia on August 7,2022. The President has the power to nominate members of his Cabinet at his own discretion,in accordance with the Constitution of Colombia.
Álvaro Leyva Durán is a Colombian lawyer,economist,politician,human rights defender and diplomat. Since 7 August 2022,he has held the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs of his country,in the government of Gustavo Petro.
Marta Catalina Velasco Campuzano is an Colombian economist from the University of the Andes,a specialist in Urban law from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and in public policies and urban management,She has a Master's in Public Policy from the University of Michigan and a PhD in political studies from the Externado University.
