Government1 (Colombia)
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       House of Representatives:
         last held 27 October 1991 (next to be held March 1994); results - percent of
         vote by party NA; seats - (161 total) Liberal 87, Conservative 31, AD/M-19
         13, MSN 10, UP 3, other 17
     Communists:
         18,000 members (est.), including Communist Party Youth Organization (JUCO)
     Other political or pressure groups:
         three insurgent groups are active in Colombia - Revolutionary Armed Forces
         of Colombia (FARC), led by Manuel MARULANDA and Alfonso CANO; National
         Liberation Army (ELN), led by Manuel PEREZ; and dissidents of the recently
         demobilized People's Liberation Army (EPL) led by Francisco CARABALLO
     Member of:
         AG, CDB, CG, ECLAC, FAO, G-3, G-11, G-24, G-77, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD,
         ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT,
         INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, LORCS, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, PCA, RG,
         UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
     Diplomatic representation:
         Ambassador Jaime GARCIA Parra; Chancery at 2118 Leroy Place NW, Washington,
         DC 20008; telephone (202) 387-8338; there are Colombian Consulates General
         in Chicago, Houston, Miami, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, and San
         Juan (Puerto Rico), and Consulates in Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles,
         and Tampa
       US:
         Ambassador Morris D. BUSBY; Embassy at Calle 38, No. 8-61, Bogota (mailing
         address is P. O. Box A. A. 3831, Bogota or APO AA 34038); telephone [57] (1)
         285-1300 or 1688; FAX [571] 288-5687; there is a US Consulate in
         Barranquilla
     Flag:
         three horizontal bands of yellow (top, double-width), blue, and red; similar
         to the flag of Ecuador, which is longer and bears the Ecuadorian coat of
         arms superimposed in the center