One of several hundred stone monuments located near San Agustín, Huila Department. The monuments are distinguished by their part-men, part-jaguar features.

THE HISTORY OF COLOMBIA is characterized by the interaction of rival civilian elites. The political elite, which overlaps with social and economic elites, has shown a marked ability to retain the reins of power, effectively excluding other groups and social institutions, such as the masses and the military, from significant participation in or control over the political process. Members of the lower classes have found it difficult, although  »» More