Colombia

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 * The Basics**: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/co.html


 * Economy**: http://www.classbrain.com/art_cr/publish/columbia_economy.shtml


 * History and other facts**: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107419.html

Colombia has considerable mineral and energy resources, especially coal and natural gas reserves. New security measures and increased drilling activity have slowed the drop in petroleum production, allowing Colombia to continue to export through 2015, given current production estimates. In 2007, gas reserves totaled 6,859 billion cubic feet. Gas production totaled 922 million cubic feet per day. The country's current refining capacity is 323,000 barrels per day. Mining and energy related investments have grown because of higher oil prices, increased demand and improved output. Colombia has significantly liberalized its petroleum sector, leading to an increase in exploration and production contracts from both large and small hydrocarbon industries. Colombia is presently the 5th-largest coal exporting country, accounting for about 1.1% of the world's total annual coal production, and the largest producer in Latin America (71.7 million tons in 2007). Colombia has proven recoverable coal reserves of about 7.4 billion short tons, the majority of which are located in the north of the country.

-FARC (Revolutionary Forces of Columbia, //Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia)// is a revolutionary guerrilla organization that is still holding some 3,000 hostages, mostly political figures or people from the police force. It is the main resistance movement against the current Columbian government, led by President Alvaro Uribe, who has been in office since 2002. Members of the FARC have decreased to around 16,000-20,000 during the Uribe presidency. []
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