A star, because it is safe if you come well prepared. Other foreign ministries of several developed countries also do not inform their citizens to go here. Both a little “surprised when I told them that the northern department of Antioquia still a very active area of armed rebel groups, organized crime and drug trafficking paramilitaries. Coca fields are abundant and murder rates in small cities like Taraz and the Caucasus are shocking.

Large areas of the country are still dealing with the war against drug trafficking and the columns of armed liberation army of the so-called FARC and the ELN, which often attacks on the streets and the city of disadvantages. This applies particularly in the provinces (departments), on the border with Ecuador and Venezuela. Narino, Putumayo, Chocó Valle, Cauca, Meta, Guaviare, Caqueta department of Arauca, are the tracks on a regular basis as well as parts in several other provinces such as northern and south-east of Antioquia and rural Bolivar, Cesar, Cordoba and La Guajira. However, in terms of cleaning the country of illegal armed groups, the Colombian army has kept roughly in their field and they actually sent from different provinces, including Cundinamarca, Risaralda and Caldas. In general, you win a fight, and I hope the pressure is applied in a President elected is May 2010 to replace the incumbent Alvaro Uribe.

Most large cities in Colombia and intermediaries, including Bogota, Medellin Cartagena, Santa Marta, Manizales, Barranquilla, and are to attend either very safe or at least not as dangerous as one in Brazilian cities like São foot Paulo or Rio de Janeiro . Cali and Pereira form organizations as full of drugs and crime. Yes, to come to Colombia!