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Colombia: On Independence Day

Categories: Latin America, Colombia, Arts & Culture, History, Politics

Alejandro Ángel celebrates [es] [1] the July 20 holiday and criticizes those Colombians who keep “complaining,” while Miguel Olaya writes [es] [2] about the “re-signification” of this patriotic days during president Uribe's administration, and Apolo Duvalis is grateful [es] [3] to Simón Bolívar and his “gang” for achieving the independence from Spain.