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Colombia
Index
Like its predecessor, this study is an attempt to treat
in a
compact and objective manner the dominant social,
political,
economic, and military aspects of contemporary Colombia.
Sources of
information included scholarly books, journals, and
monographs;
official reports of governments and international
organizations;
numerous periodicals; and interviews with individuals
having
special competence in Colombian and Latin American
affairs. Chapter
bibliographies appear at the end of the book; brief
comments on
sources recommended for further reading appear at the end
of each
chapter. Measurements are given in the metric system; a
conversion
table is provided to assist readers unfamiliar with metric
measurements (see
table 1, Appendix). A glossary is also
included.
Although there are numerous variations, Spanish
surnames
generally consist of two parts: the patrilineal name
followed by
the matrilineal. In the instance of Virgilio Barco Vargas,
for
example, Barco is his father's name and Vargas is his
mother's
maiden name. In nonformal use, the matrilineal name is
often
dropped. Thus, after the first mention, just Barco is
used.
Data as of December 1988
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