Christopher Columbus is quite a controversial figure, being called a national hero and a ruthless and greedy imperialist. His logical and geocraphical ideas of a westward route to Asia were brought by the literature he read. To gain support for his project, he would attemt and fail a few times befor...

Columbia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Columbia in 1830. A fourty year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Columbian government escalated during the 1990s, under girded in part by funds from the drug trade. Although the violence is deadly and large swath...