Argentina: It Took Someone Like Chavez to Finally Put Colombia on the Map
By Ana María Hanssen

ARGENTINA: I used to think Americans were the only ones that had trouble with geography. I lived in Los Angeles for 6 years, a cosmopolitan metropolis where millions of people from all over the world cross paths everyday.
It never ceased to amaze me when people, after I would explain that I was from Colombia, would ask me if I was from “British Columbia,” or perhaps from the “District of Columbia.”
I was even asked if Colombia shares a border with Chile. I have encountered a similar phenomenon here in Argentina which I am also having a tough time understanding. When I say I come from Colombia, for some reason people immediately respond by commenting as if Colombia was in Central America.
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