Colombia

Constructs

• Transmilenio ; Pico y Placa
• Caribbean & Pacific
• Panama, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador
• Catholic ; Christian

Constructs

• Tropical and bipolar
• Indigenous Colombians
• Mulatto, White, Black
• Emeralds, gold, silver, platinum
• Coffee, flowers, sugar, bananas

Constructs

• FARC, M-19, ELN, UAC
• 50+ Years of Terror 
• Drug trafficking cartels
• Cartagena, Medellin, Eje Cafetero

Communication Concepts

• High Context
• High Uncertainty Avoidance
• Masculine
• High Power Distance
• Pragmatism

Business Etiquettes

• Formal and friendly
• Fútbol
• Vacations
• Wealth
• NOT POLITICS OR RELIGION OR DRUGS

Business Etiquettes

• Touching but with space
• Whiskey or Wine or Agua Ardiente
• Please tip, don't open gift right away

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