Quotes About Colombia

I set up my own foundation in my town in Colombia mainly for children too. To put them on a path. To show that if I can make something different of my life then they can too.

Alfredo Morelos is going to be a star for us. When you look at attitude he has and commitment he shows, he's ready to get to the top. He could be a big player for Colombia for years to come.

Había una guerra, pero, como siempre, la dirigencia colombiana aceptaba como legítima toda violencia que se ejerciera desde el poder y condenaba como criminal toda violencia que se opusiera a las autoridades, incluso en legítima defensa, aunque la actuación de las autoridades fuera evidentemente injusta.

Pero algo muy noble en la defensa del mundo indígena y de los secretos del territorio fue sacrificado allí, una deuda de respeto y de dignidad con los pueblos nativos quedó pendiente mucho tiempo en Colombia, y sigue siendo uno de los desafíos de nuestra incorporación en la modernidad.

La historia de Colombia es una historia de largas discordias, instauradas por la brutalidad de la Conquista, perpetuadas por las crueldades de la servidumbre y de la esclavitud, renovadas por los conflictos de la Independencia, eternizadas por las guerras partidistas, males de los que todos terminamos siendo a la vez reponsables y víctimas. Tenemos que aceptar la responsabilidad de este país que hemos hecho y deshecho entre todos.

If you search for Colombia on The Nation's website, you will see how key the country has been in regional politics.

In Colombia maybe 95% of the population follow Formula One. It's crazy.

When we first invested in Colombia, we were buying a lot of coal from Colombia. We were dealing with them daily. I knew their guys at the port, I knew their guys at the mine, I had a feel of the country.

I went for a tackle with Radamel Falcao against Colombia, and he just dropped to the floor. I said to him 'Just get up!'

Gabriel Garcia Marquez was a newspaperman originally in Colombia. He talked about - and I agree - how everybody has a public life, a private life, and a secret life.

When you have a strong conservative streak in your society," Zeyk would say, "which detaches itself from the progressive streak, that's when you get the worst kinds of civil wars. As in the conflict in Colombia that they called La Violencia, for instance. A civil war that became a complete breakdown of the state, a chaos that no one could understand, much less control.

Carlos Valderrama was the one I admired most, really. At the time, he was a top player, and I had a lot of admiration for him. I met him once, and he's a great person, someone who provided the country with a lot of joy. He was a very intelligent footballer who could create something out of nothing as well as score goals.

Colombia has been the leading western recipient of U.S. arms and training as violence has grown through the '90s.

I continue with the illusion of serving Colombia. Only God knows if it were to be from the presidency.

Pablo wanted to be loved and accepted. He wanted to destroy the elite he despised so much, but he also wanted to be the president of Colombia.

We've built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.

Conquistaron el fuerte, utilizando morteros y cargas explosivas de gran potencia, mataron a sesenta soldados y capturaron al resto. Las FARC cortaron la principal autopista que comunica los distritos del sudoeste con el resto del país.

Hallucinatory - that's just the way everyday life is, in Colombia. All the time, you say to yourself, did I just see that?

My parents came here from Colombia during a time of great instability there. Escaping a dire economic situation at home, they moved to New Jersey, where they had friends and family, seeking a better life, and then moved to Boston after I was born.

Before I cook, I always have to put on music that parents listened to while cooking. I remember waking up in the morning and seeing my dad making breakfast with music and cutting up the tomato and singing to it and just handling food with such care. So when I cook, I put on salsa, vallenato, cumbia, or anything that reminds me of Colombia.

In 2000, just before leaving the White House, Clinton ratcheted up military aid to Colombia. Plan Colombia, as the assistance program was called, provided billions of dollars to what was, and remains, the most repressive government in the hemisphere.

I was not interested in luxuries because I had an elegant life as a child. My family, very aristocratic, one of the richest in Colombia, educated me like a princess, in the English style.

In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it's not a priority in the agendas of many leaders.

In Colombia is where I discovered myself as a writer.