Colombia history

The name of Colombia was conceived by the Venezuelan Francisco de Miranda to denote the union of the republics of Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela, in tribute to who discovered America, Christopher Columbus (Italian Cristoforo Colombo). [16] [17] name of Columbus (Colombo) comes in turn from Latin columbus, meaning dove, pigeon male (Latin columba), an animal that symbolizes peace. [18] On 15 February 1819, during the Congress of Angostura was proclaimed the state to adopt the name Republic of Colombia, known today as Great Colombia to avoid confusion with the current Colombia, with sovereignty over the territories of the hitherto Viceroyalty of New Granada, Quito and Captaincy General of Venezuela. [19] The name was proposed by Simón Bolívar in the Jamaica Letter. [20] The name is also mentioned in one verse of the anthem, which reads as follows: "... It bathes in the blood of heroes land Columbus ...»[ 21]

In 1830, emerged as a republic under the name Republic of New Granada, and soon after became a federal state under the title of Grenadine Confederation, which adopted the constitution of 1858. It adopted the name United States of Colombia in 1863, [22] which in 1886 was definitively established until the present day, in Colombia, a move that was protested at that time by the Congress of Ecuador and Venezuela for considering it an encroachment unilateral common historical heritage. However this discrepancy has already been superseded for some time. [23]

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5 new sites to visit this year in Bogota

Penthouse: cha cha now wanted to open a site in the pink zone. This is Penthouse, a new bar with a very nice aesthetic, terrace and more enjoyable for Cha Cha.

The bar at Astrid y Gaston: Now not only can go to eat very rich (and expensive) to Astrid y Gaston, but can go to have some good (and expensive) drinks at this new bar.

Love: In the park of 93 this is another option to rumba. Recently opened and it seems that people liked. Actually I have not much to say of this site, it will go.

Ispani: This Spanish restaurant in the area G is a good choice for example if you are looking for good Spanish food and seafood. It was supposed to be a market food restaurant (like donhostia), so the letter is always changing.

Satori: Although here have been unable to successfully one Resturante who specializes in a type of Asian food, but insist on doing a mixture of dishes from around the region (which is incredibly large but still with the idea that Asia is a country and culture), this Restuarante has some dishes that resemble the real food. The good thing is that they use fresh ingredients and has a great atmosphere.

Link:

http://bogotatravelguide.com/

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmYL_v-Lgi0

In Bogotá we are prepared for the economic crisis: Samuel Moreno

Employment generation for Phase III of Transmilenio, recovery and intervention works for the road network, support for microenterprises with Banking Capital, social investment in education and health and food security are some of the arguments put forward by Mayor Samuel Moreno in 'World Cities Forum in Chicago: International Dialogue for municipal leaders. "

The capital's mayor agreed with the tenets of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, the importance of creating jobs to tackle the global financial crisis.

For this reason, Moreno Rojas pointed out that in Bogota is making a speech to the road network is unprecedented in the history of the city, which began with Phase III of the TransMilenio mass-transit system, construction of the 45 major works for valuation , and dividing the city into 6 major areas for intervention of the intermediate and local road network.

"This whole Works Plan 2009 - 2010 Bogota generate 175 thousand new direct jobs. In addition, so we are structuring the Integrated Public Transport (SITP), which integrates the various means of transport such as Metro, Transmilenio, public transportation, subway, bus, pedestrian network and network of bicycle routes, "said Moreno Rojas .
Another program that strengthens investment in Bogota, and to ensure a dynamic economy, is Bank Capital. This project created in the first year of the Development Plan "Bogotá Positiva: Better Living," 5906 credit operations conducted in 2008, benefiting small and medium entrepreneurs.

In addition, Bogotá works to reduce by 50 percent the time and procedures to create a company in the city.

"Bogotá is a city with secure finances. This is evidenced by 3.8 billion pesos in tax collections, equal to 101 percent of the goal of our development plan. This is an increase of 8.7 percent versus the prior year, "said the president in the capital.

Social investment is our priority: Mayor

Moreno Rojas presented to the mayors of 32 cities worldwide capital, Bogota social policy, based on investment of seven of every 10 pesos, or 70 percent of the budget of the "Bogota Positiva 'for programs health, education, food security and social integration.

"In the past year, 229,000 people were affiliated to the subsidized health regime. The city reached 96.7% coverage in vaccination of the population under 5 years. And as it goes further, guarantee free health care to all children under 5 years, over 65 and disability status, in poverty and vulnerability, "said the Mayor.

In education, more significant is that the gratuity that today have more of 608 thousand students, for whom there are sufficient conditions to remain in the educational system. "The efforts to ensure greater access and permanence are observed at a coverage rate of 98.9 percent of the demand," said Moreno Rojas.

Finally, the onslaught of the economic crisis also is challenged by food security. Mayor Moreno Rojas said "the 290 community kitchens that serve about 184 thousand people a day, 138 have become centers for community development."

This development has generated micro-baking, cooking, home crafts and agricultural crops, ensuring the creation of companies and food sustainability.

Link:

http://www.radiosantafe.com/2009/04/28/en-bogota-estamos-preparados-para-la-crisis-economica-samuel-moreno/

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=crisis+economica+en+bogota&aq=f

Destination: Crepes & Waffles

Crepes & Waffles is a successful chain of restaurants. Originally dedicated to the upper class, but over time their prices have gone down (or, rather, has remained relatively constant) than it has been cheaper than other similar restaurants. Perhaps the combination of high quality low-price meals has been the recipe for commercial success it has had, has been such that at certain times play to queue about 10 minutes before a table.
The food is very good. Crepes sell many types and ingredients.The salads are also very varied. Ice cream and desserts like a lot.
By opening branches in major cities of Colombia and then Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela, Mexico and Spain, has become a leading example of successful national industry.
It has recently opened several small stores which only sell ice cream and desserts to go.

Decoración Decoration
The décor of these restaurants is at the point of posters of the painter Fernando Botero Antioquia.It has its own architectural style.

History
The first Crepes & Waffles in the city was opened in the race 11 to 85 Street in 1980. Initially it was a small place but over time grew considerably. It was conceived as the development of a draft Management degree students and has always sought to recruit women heads of households, as opposed to the prevailing corporate culture that discriminates against women in pregnancy by the current legislation on working time for these cases.

Branches
Carrera 11 with Calle 86
This was the first Pancakes & Waffles existed.
Carrera 19 entre calles 121 and 122
Unicentro
Located on the first floor near the main entrance.
Cedritos: 19 career south of the street 140
Park Way , Barrio La Soledad : Avenida 22 No. 40-92
Palatino
International Center
Bulevar Niza
T Zone
Mall Santa Ana
Mall San Rafael
Park 93
Located on the north side of the park. Initially it was a relatively small local but-much-as with, eventually bought the place next door and was expanded significantly.
Salitre Plaza
World Trade Center
Chia Center

Comida Food
Crepes
Turkey & Cheese Crepe Netherlands
Rating: 8.00 (3)
Crepe veal, spinach and cheese
Rating: 9.50 (2)
Crepe Sicily
Rating: 6.50 (2)
Tuscan Crepe
Rating: 8.00 (1)
Mexican Crepe
Rating: 9.00 (1)
Mexican Chicken Crepe
Rating: 8.00 (2). Besides chicken, have tomatoes, cheese and lettuce.Slightly spicy. Relatively large.
Cooks Panne
Cook Panne Chicken Curry
Rating: 8.00 (1). It is quite good and relatively large. For some people the taste of curry may be too strong (hot).
Salads
Thai Salad
Florentine Salad
Mediterranean Salad

Ice cream and desserts
Chocolate Almond
Rating: 9.00 (2). A good ice cream for lovers of chocolate .
Alaska
Rating: 6.50 (2). A vanilla ice cream and blackberry, with several sprouts and whipped cream.
Nutella Crepe
Rating: 8.50 (2). A crepe filled with nutella.
Waffles

Link:

http://www.crepesywaffles.com/>

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c00JR3_ZHUk

In the late 1990s, analyzed the requirements that had the Gold Museum of the Bank of the Republic and its collection into the future. Were identified as the renewal of scripts needs scientists with the most recent information archaeological excavations, and to provide the exhibition of a contemporary museology, the level of the leading museums around the world.

The museum building design and renovation and expansion of the museum was conceived in 1998 in two stages: the first stage involved the construction of a new building designed by architect Germain Samper Gnecco, who was also the architect of the traditional building of the Museum opened in 1968 in the Parque de Santander. The new museum building and its galleries opened to the public in December 2004. The second stage consisted of remodeling the building in 1968 and splice the new construction. To carry it out, the museum had a team of architects, curators and designers under one coordination, which made possible a fully harmonious project between architecture and museology.

In this new space, spacious, modern and comprehensive, is told the history of gold and other metals were present pre-Hispanic societies of Colombia. The new script scientific and museum of the exhibition was drawn from the metaphor of metal processing in pre-Hispanic societies, who extracted it from the earth, it worked, used it, it symbolized and finally return to earth as an offering. The curators gave shape to this concept on four main topics that are large permanent exhibition: The metal-working, people and gold in prehispanic Colombia, cosmology and symbolism and the offering.

To complement the permanent exhibition services allowing deeper by visitors themed tours, educational activities, audio guide in Spanish, English and French, a multimedia room and a study room for reading and researching on issues of exhibit, among others. Scheduling of the Auditorium and the extensive permanent exhibits will see that the museum is also a research and academic interaction, extension, cooperation and national and international strategic alliances.

The Gold Museum is a place that makes visible the unique way the pre-Hispanic past and memories of Colombia. Also proposed and sponsored the current cultural diversity. Thus, the Exploratorium room, designed to promote curiosity and questioning, is the privileged stage for children, youth and adults acquire knowledge rather than questions asked about who we are, what it means and how we study our archaeological heritage, among many other topics.

Links: Museum.

Videos: Museum.

Iberoamerican Theater Festival of Bogotá was created in 1988 by Fanny Mikey and Ramiro Osorio, on the occasion of the celebration of the 450th anniversary of the founding of Bogotá.

Since the first edition, held under the motto "An act of faith in Colombia", the festival became a cultural adventure and had as one of its main objectives the integration of Latin American art to the world.

Today it is one of the festivals of performing arts world's largest by its convening power, its wealth of functions and diversity of genres: The world's largest companies have participated, as well as teachers who have renewed theatrical languages , the number of functions is unsurpassed by other festivals in just 17 days, working alongside street theater and living room, making it one of the most complete specimens of the performing arts scene in the XXI century.

One of the key commitments of the festival was the diversity, plurality and the representation of different genres and trends in the performing arts, promoting theater through understanding and tolerance among peoples. Since its inception on FITB has become the most significant cultural event in Colombia and one of the most important theater festivals in the world with the presence of theater groups from five continents.
The figures were strong and public response exceeded expectations more positive, with room occupancy of 90%. New spaces, new galleries, new proposals and new artists took the Festival. A Youth Theater, another exclusive for puppets, a cinema, a Wrestling Ring, the traffic lights (where 12 groups claimed the job of a street performer) and the World Storytellers meeting joined other schedules. Russia was the guest of honor and presented us with the puppets of "Nevsky Prospekt" Potudan Theater, "War and Peace" Pietr Fomenko and "The Three Sisters" by Declan Donnellan, and special events paid homage to the motto "

The Russian theater in the world. Teachers and creators. " And no one will forget the performances of the Circus The 7 fingers from Canada, "Villa Villa" De La Guarda, in Argentina, the National Ballet of Belgrade in "Who's singing over there?" "The leaves that resist the wind "by Koffi Koko of Benin," Ivanov "in the Katona József, Hungary;" Babel "Nicholas Stemann, Eva Mint of Spain, the Deutsches Theater in Germany, and the magnificent" Malaya "in the Netherlands.

Not to mention the 154 Colombian groups who made up the largest national sample and complete the entire history of the Festival, with works by room, street children, troupes, music groups, circuses and storytellers.

Videos: Festival theater in Bogota.

Links: www. festivaldeteatro.com.com

SOCIALS

Yoga workshops, book clubs, exhibitions, conferences, puppets, theater, rock music and magic, are some of the activities organized BibloRed and the Ministry of Education.
The library network of the city (18 in total) is celebrating the season without classes and offers children and large a range of events for this day. Even the babies fall out of this offer, because for them there is also a fitness studio and massage.
To highlight an exhibition of Rock Park, which in this 2009 is 15 years.
We present an overview of everything, so choose what suits you best.
On the other libraries:

* Upload. Magic workshop. 20 June, 3 p.m. Carrera 92 No. 146C-24.

* Carlos Restrepo. 'Came the Martians'. Magical Threads Theater Company. 20 June, 3 p.m. Diagonal 19 sur No. 19-33, second floor.

* Timiza. 'The treasure of El Dorado', legend montage of the search for native gold. June 27, 3 p.m. Carrera 74 No. 42G-52 south.

* Workshops dough. For children 4 to 6 years to learn to make dinosaurs. 23 and 30 June. 2 PM Virgilio Barco Library, The Tunal and The Tintal.

* To know the Virgilio Barco. On June 23 at 12:30 pm, children are collected from the districts Bosa, Marichuela, Restrepo, Suba, Usaquén and La Victoria to know this megabiblioteca, the first of the city.
'15 Years of extreme living
This exhibition draws on the library will Virgilio Barco June 8 to July 8.

Through photographs of the 14 versions that have been made of Rock Park may know its history, the band and also how the city has changed over the years.

To support the workshop will be delivered 'Rock and roll around the clock: 60 years of history', every Tuesday in June and July (except July 28), at 5 pm, and the literary workshop 'Café, rock and video ', on Wednesdays in June and July (less than 22 to July 29) and Saturday two months (except July 25), at 3 pm Reports,www.biblored.org.co.In the library's Tintal


Among other activities for children will be 'story time' on Thursdays and Fridays at 4 pm
Also, dance performances and studio artists and small crafts.

Older adults will have their space on Wednesday, with a collage of fabrics, at 2 pm Mondays in June and July comes the film, for all ages. In The Tunal
Roberto Lombana An exhibition opening today at the public library.
It is a selection of museums, building facades, art exhibitions, showcases of stores and architecture in general.
For children, a good choice is the animated Animal Workshop to be held June 25 at 2 pm
And besides, a great holiday party, June 20, at 2 pm at the nursery.
For the family, the activity of reading as a group. Parents and children will join through the literature. 6 and 13 June, 11 a.m. Calle 48B sur No. 21-13.
Yoga, from the East to be better

This activity is called "Family Yoga" and is one of the innovations that bring the vacation of public libraries.

On Saturday 27 June there will be a workshop at the Virgilio Barco Library, which you can enter at no cost. Importantly, you get there early, comfortable clothes and with all the willingness to learn.

Links:

http://www.carlosvicentederoux.org/apuestaporbogota.shtml?apc=a-d1;06;-;04;&x=2489

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-xzNZKQ8zU