Today Is Colombia’s Independence Day (July 20th)
Today is Colombia’s independence day (July 20th), so we at Today Colombia want to clear up some misconceptions of Colombia.
1. It's spelled COLOMBIA, not Columbia!
2. Colombia is located in South America, at the top...
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