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Official language: Spanish The biggest national concern in Capital: Bogotá Colombia is drug addiction Government: Democratic especially among student Population: population. Marijuana, Heroin and Motto: "Libertad y Orden"(Freedom and Cocaine are major drugs into Order)

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Leader

President of Columbia

Juan Manual Santos

Born in 1951 in Bogota, the honorable President is a winner of the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize in 2016. He belongs to the Social party for national unity. He is the 32nd President of Colombia.

Environmental Sustainability

Colombia is facing drastic issues of deforestation. Trees are ruthlessly cut for timber and they are replaced by marijuana crops grown by local farmers. If it continues this way, the ecological balance of Colombia will be lost. But, if the authorities managed to conserve and preserve the National parks, Colombia may be one of the few countries with a positive carbon footprint and it can help in overcoming the drug crisis in Colombia.

Learning from the past and present for the future

Colombia over the last decade has experienced a historic economic boom. In 1990, Colombia was Latin America's 5th Largest economy and had a GDP per capita of only US$1,500, by 2015 it became the 4th largest in Latin America, and the world's 31st largest. As of 2015 the GDP per capita has increased to over US$14,000, and GDP increased from US$120 billion in 1990 to nearly US$700 billion Poverty levels were as high as 65% in 1990, but decreased to under 24% by 2015. Modern Industries like Shipbuilding, Electronics, Automobile, Tourism, Construction, and Mining, grew dramatically during the 2000s and 2010s, however, most of Colombia's exports are still commodity-based. Colombia is Latin America's 2nd largest producer of domestically-made electronics and appliances only behind Mexico. Colombia had the fastest growing major economy in the western world in 2014, behind only China worldwide. Since the early 2010s, the Colombian government has shown interest in exporting modern Colombian pop culture to the world (which includes video games, music, movies, TV shows, fashion, cosmetics, and food) as a way of diversifying the economy and entirely changing the image of Colombia; a national campaign similar to the Korean Wave.] In the Hispanic world, Colombia is only behind Mexico in cultural exports and is already a regional leader in cosmetic and beauty exports. The number of tourists in Colombia grows by over 12% every year. Colombia is projected to have over 15 million tourists by 2023.