A Brief History

• Independence 1813

• Formation of Greater Colombia

• Two Political Parties, Conservatives and Liberals

• War of a Thousand Days (1899-1902) 100,000 Dead

• La Violencia (1946-1957) 300,000 Dead

Andres Pastrana

• Elected on August 7th 1998

• FARC and ELN grew in strength

• Plan Colombia

Alvaro Uribe

• August 7th 2002

• Harvard and Oxford educated Lawyer

• 56% vote

• Democratic Security and Defense Policy

Guerillas

M-19

Movimiento 19 de Abril. Named after the fraudulent elections in 1970.

Guerillas

ELN

Ejercito de Liberacion National

5,000 members

Guerillas

A Marxist FARC-EP Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias De Colombia – Ejercito

del Pueblo

18,000 members

40% of Colombian land

Classified as a Terrorist group by U.S.A and European Union.

Bogotá

Athens of Latin America

Established 1549

9,000 ft.

8,000,000 pop.

Vines center B?

Leticia and Tabatinga (Brasil)

Southern most point of Colombia

Leticia and Tabatinga(Brasil)

100,000 + people combined

Yagua

Ticuna

Shipibo

Huitoto

The Trip

• Dates- Tentatively Last week of May through the first week of June

• Cost- ~$1,900 (includes food, lodging, 4 plane tickets.)

• Goal- Spiritual support fellow Christians, Evangelism, medical aid for various people groups, leave the American bubble.

For more info.

• E-mail dlove7@msn.com