Kolumbie se odv\u00edj\u00ed jako zem\u011b podmaniv\u00fdch kontrast\u016f: vysok\u00e9 andsk\u00e9 plo\u0161iny, kter\u00e9 hu\u010d\u00ed m\u011bstskou energi\u00ed; parn\u00e9 n\u00ed\u017einn\u00e9 d\u017eungle, kde p\u0159evl\u00e1d\u00e1 zelen\u00fd klid Amazonky; karibsk\u00e9 pob\u0159e\u017e\u00ed om\u00fdvan\u00e9 tepl\u00fdmi mo\u0159i; a tichomo\u0159sk\u00e9 pob\u0159e\u017e\u00ed zahalen\u00e9 v mlze a hust\u00fdch mangrovech. S rozlohou 1 141 748 kilometr\u016f \u010dtvere\u010dn\u00edch se rozkl\u00e1d\u00e1 na jedine\u010dn\u00e9m m\u00edst\u011b na dvou kontinentech, p\u0159i\u010dem\u017e jej\u00ed ostrovy se dot\u00fdkaj\u00ed severoamerick\u00fdch vod a pevnina kotv\u00ed v Ji\u017en\u00ed Americe. Jej\u00ed hranice \u2013 sd\u00edlen\u00e9 s Panamou, Venezuelou, Braz\u00edli\u00ed, Peru a Ekv\u00e1dorem \u2013 vykresluj\u00ed n\u00e1rod, jeho\u017e identitu formovala geografie stejn\u011b jako historie, kultura a vyv\u00edjej\u00edc\u00ed se smysl pro ob\u010danstv\u00ed.<\/p>\n
V srdci Kolumbie se nach\u00e1zej\u00ed Andy, rozd\u011blen\u00e9 do t\u0159\u00ed kordiller, kter\u00e9 formuj\u00ed p\u00e1te\u0159 zem\u011b a jsou z\u00e1kladem jej\u00edch nejlidnat\u011bj\u0161\u00edch m\u011bst. Na z\u00e1pad\u011b lemuj\u00ed Tich\u00fd oce\u00e1n Cordillera Occidental, jejich\u017e vrcholy se ty\u010d\u00ed nad pob\u0159e\u017en\u00edmi pl\u00e1n\u011bmi hust\u011b porostl\u00fdmi de\u0161tn\u00fdm pralesem a \u010dasto zahalen\u00fdmi v mlze. Cali, protkan\u00e1 \u0159ekou Cauca, se nach\u00e1z\u00ed na jej\u00edm v\u00fdchodn\u00edm \u00fapat\u00ed. Mezi \u00fadol\u00edmi Cauca a Magdalena le\u017e\u00ed Cordillera Central, jej\u00ed\u017e v\u00fd\u0161ka sah\u00e1 p\u0159es 5 000 metr\u016f. Zde se na svaz\u00edch dr\u017e\u00ed neklidn\u00e9 ulice Medell\u00ednu a m\u011bsta p\u011bstuj\u00edc\u00ed k\u00e1vu, o\u017eiven\u00e9 v\u016fn\u00ed orchidej\u00ed a pra\u017een\u00fdch k\u00e1vov\u00fdch zrn. Cordillera Oriental se t\u00e1hne severov\u00fdchodn\u011b sm\u011brem k poloostrov\u011b Guajira, kde se v nadmo\u0159sk\u00e9 v\u00fd\u0161ce asi 2 600 metr\u016f nach\u00e1z\u00ed Bogota \u2013 jedno z nejv\u00fd\u0161e polo\u017een\u00fdch hlavn\u00edch m\u011bst sv\u011bta \u2013 a t\u00e1hne se a\u017e k Bucaramang\u011b a C\u00facut\u011b.<\/p>\n
V\u00fdchodn\u011b od hor se rozlehl\u00e9 travnat\u00e9 porosty Llanos rozl\u00e9vaj\u00ed do p\u00e1nve Orinoka, jejich\u017e sez\u00f3nn\u00ed z\u00e1plavy \u017eiv\u00ed dobyt\u010d\u00ed ran\u010de a koridory pro divokou zv\u011b\u0159. D\u00e1le na jih se amazonsk\u00fd de\u0161tn\u00fd prales prosazuje jako zelen\u00e1 katedr\u00e1la biodiverzity. Pob\u0159e\u017en\u00ed pl\u00e1n\u011b se v\u00fdrazn\u011b li\u0161\u00ed: severn\u00ed pob\u0159e\u017e\u00ed Karibiku le\u017e\u00ed p\u0159ev\u00e1\u017en\u011b pod sluncem rozp\u00e1len\u00fdm k\u0159ov\u00edm, s v\u00fdjimkou poho\u0159\u00ed Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta \u2013 pob\u0159e\u017en\u00edho poho\u0159\u00ed, kter\u00e9 se prudce zved\u00e1 do v\u00fd\u0161ky p\u0159es 5 700 metr\u016f \u2013 zat\u00edmco tichomo\u0159sk\u00e9 pob\u0159e\u017e\u00ed je \u00fazk\u00e9, promo\u010den\u00e9 de\u0161t\u011bm a \u0159\u00eddce os\u00eddlen\u00e9. Kolumbii od kontinentu odli\u0161uje dvojit\u00e9 pob\u0159e\u017e\u00ed, na atlantick\u00e9m a tichomo\u0159sk\u00e9m pob\u0159e\u017e\u00ed; jej\u00ed n\u00e1mo\u0159n\u00ed hranice se st\u0159et\u00e1vaj\u00ed s hranicemi Kostariky, Nikaraguy, Hondurasu, Jamajky, Haiti a Dominik\u00e1nsk\u00e9 republiky.<\/p>\n
Lidsk\u00e1 p\u0159\u00edtomnost na tomto \u00fazem\u00ed sah\u00e1 nejm\u00e9n\u011b 14 000 let do minulosti, kdy lovci a sb\u011bra\u010di proch\u00e1zeli jeho rozmanit\u00fdmi ekosyst\u00e9my. V dob\u011b, kdy dorazili Evropan\u00e9 \u2013 \u0161pan\u011bl\u0161t\u00ed objevitel\u00e9 vylodili se v La Guajira v roce 1499 \u2013 vzkv\u00e9taly v horsk\u00fdch a n\u00ed\u017einn\u00fdch oblastech sofistikovan\u00e9 domorod\u00e9 politick\u00e9 syst\u00e9my. \u0160pan\u011blsk\u00e1 koruna v polovin\u011b \u0161estn\u00e1ct\u00e9ho stolet\u00ed vytvo\u0159ila Nov\u00e9 kr\u00e1lovstv\u00ed Granady, jeho\u017e administrativn\u00edm centrem bylo Santa Fe de Bogot\u00e1. B\u011bhem stalet\u00ed koloni\u00e1ln\u00ed nadvl\u00e1dy se populace hroutily pod vlivem nemoc\u00ed a dob\u00fdv\u00e1n\u00ed, jen aby se pomalu zotavovaly s n\u00e1stupem kreolsk\u00fdch spole\u010dnost\u00ed.<\/p>\n
Nez\u00e1vislost byla vyhl\u00e1\u0161ena v roce 1810, a\u010dkoli boj pokra\u010doval a\u017e do roku 1819, kdy Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar d\u00edky sv\u00fdm ta\u017een\u00edm zajistil osvobozen\u00ed a vznikla kr\u00e1tkodob\u00e1 republika Gran Colombia. Experimenty s federalismem a centralismem n\u00e1sledovaly a\u017e do vzniku Granadinsk\u00e9 konfederace (1858), Spojen\u00fdch st\u00e1t\u016f Kolumbijsk\u00fdch (1863) a nakonec Kolumbijsk\u00e9 republiky v roce 1886. Ztr\u00e1ta Panamy v roce 1903 pod mezin\u00e1rodn\u00edm tlakem p\u0159ekreslila jej\u00ed hranice. B\u011bhem dvac\u00e1t\u00e9ho stolet\u00ed poznamenaly n\u00e1rodn\u00ed p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh vnit\u0159n\u00ed konflikty a politick\u00e9 n\u00e1sil\u00ed \u2013 kter\u00e9 se v 60. a 90. letech 20. stolet\u00ed zintenzivnily. Od poloviny prvn\u00edho desetilet\u00ed 21. stolet\u00ed za\u010daly bezpe\u010dnostn\u00ed opat\u0159en\u00ed, institucion\u00e1ln\u00ed reformy a hospod\u00e1\u0159sk\u00fd r\u016fst m\u011bnit soci\u00e1ln\u00ed krajinu.<\/p>\n
Modern\u00ed Kolumbie je rozd\u011blena do 32 department\u016f a hlavn\u00edho okresu \u2013 Bogot\u00e1 \u2013 v \u010dele s volen\u00fdm guvern\u00e9rem a shrom\u00e1\u017ed\u011bn\u00edm. Departmenty se d\u011bl\u00ed na obce, kter\u00e9 se d\u00e1le d\u011bl\u00ed na corregimientos (venkovsk\u00e9 okresy) a comunas (m\u011bstsk\u00e9 okresy), p\u0159i\u010dem\u017e ka\u017ed\u00fd z nich m\u00e1 m\u00edstn\u00ed rady. Zvl\u00e1\u0161tn\u00ed okresy \u2013 Barranquilla, Cartagena, Santa Marta a Buenaventura \u2013 maj\u00ed administrativn\u00ed status odr\u00e1\u017eej\u00edc\u00ed jejich n\u00e1mo\u0159n\u00ed, kulturn\u00ed nebo strategick\u00fd v\u00fdznam. Tato v\u00edcevrstv\u00e1 struktura spr\u00e1vy se sna\u017e\u00ed vyv\u00e1\u017eit region\u00e1ln\u00ed rozmanitost s n\u00e1rodn\u00ed soudr\u017enost\u00ed.<\/p>\n
Kolumbie, domov p\u0159ibli\u017en\u011b 52 milion\u016f obyvatel, se \u0159ad\u00ed na t\u0159et\u00ed m\u00edsto v Latinsk\u00e9 Americe co do po\u010dtu obyvatel. Jej\u00ed demografick\u00e1 trajektorie \u2013 \u010dty\u0159i miliony na p\u0159elomu dvac\u00e1t\u00e9ho stolet\u00ed na v\u00edce ne\u017e pades\u00e1t milion\u016f dnes \u2013 odr\u00e1\u017e\u00ed pokles plodnosti a \u00famrtnosti a posun z venkovsk\u00e9ho do m\u011bstsk\u00e9ho \u017eivota. Sedmdes\u00e1t \u0161est procent nyn\u00ed \u017eije ve m\u011bstech, zejm\u00e9na v andsk\u00fdch horsk\u00fdch koridorech. Po\u010det obyvatel Bogoty se zv\u00fd\u0161il z n\u011bkolika set tis\u00edc ve 30. letech 20. stolet\u00ed na t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 osm milion\u016f. Na konci poloviny stolet\u00ed populace st\u00e1rne: pod\u00edl lid\u00ed star\u0161\u00edch \u0161edes\u00e1ti p\u011bti let za\u010d\u00edn\u00e1 znateln\u011b r\u016fst. Kulturn\u00ed dynamiku Kolumbie poh\u00e1n\u00ed sm\u011bsice etnik \u2013 potomci domorod\u00fdch spole\u010dnost\u00ed, \u0161pan\u011bl\u0161t\u00ed a dal\u0161\u00ed evrop\u0161t\u00ed osadn\u00edci, africk\u00e9 diaspory a vlny bl\u00edzkov\u00fdchodn\u00edch a dal\u0161\u00edch p\u0159ist\u011bhovalc\u016f. \u0160pan\u011bl\u0161tina je spojov\u00e1na n\u00e1rodem, a\u010dkoli angli\u010dtina, kreol\u0161tina a asi \u0161edes\u00e1t \u010dty\u0159i domorod\u00fdch jazyk\u016f jsou region\u00e1ln\u011b uzn\u00e1v\u00e1ny.<\/p>\n
Kolumbie, kter\u00e1 je ozna\u010dena za jednu ze sedmn\u00e1cti \u201emegadiversn\u00edch\u201c zem\u00ed, uchov\u00e1v\u00e1 v\u00edce druh\u016f na \u010dtvere\u010dn\u00ed m\u00edli ne\u017e kter\u00e1koli jin\u00e1 zem\u011b. Amazonsk\u00e1 d\u017eungle, andsk\u00e9 p\u00e1ramo, tichomo\u0159sk\u00e9 mangrovy a karibsk\u00fd such\u00fd les host\u00ed nespo\u010det rostlin a \u017eivo\u010dich\u016f, kter\u00e9 jinde nenajdete. \u0160est hlavn\u00edch p\u0159\u00edrodn\u00edch oblast\u00ed \u2013 Andy, tichomo\u0159sk\u00e9 pob\u0159e\u017e\u00ed, karibsk\u00e9 pob\u0159e\u017e\u00ed, Llanos, Amazonie a ostrovn\u00ed \u00fazem\u00ed \u2013 vytv\u00e1\u0159\u00ed mozaiku biotop\u016f. \u0158eky jako Magdalena a Cauca vyhloub\u00ed \u00fadol\u00ed, kter\u00e1 slou\u017e\u00ed jako ekologick\u00e9 koridory i obchodn\u00ed tepny. Zem\u011bt\u0159esen\u00ed a sopky se chv\u011bj\u00ed pod hladinou a p\u0159ipom\u00ednaj\u00ed m\u00edsto zem\u011b v Ohniv\u00e9m kruhu Tich\u00e9ho oce\u00e1nu.<\/p>\n
Kolumbijsk\u00e1 ekonomika, t\u0159et\u00ed nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00ed v Ji\u017en\u00ed Americe, kombinuje tradi\u010dn\u00ed exportn\u00ed produkty \u2013 ropu, uhl\u00ed, k\u00e1vu a \u0159ezan\u00e9 kv\u011btiny \u2013 s rozv\u00edjej\u00edc\u00edmi se odv\u011btv\u00edmi high-tech, slu\u017eeb a cestovn\u00edho ruchu. Makroekonomick\u00e1 stabilita v posledn\u00edch desetilet\u00edch p\u0159il\u00e1kala zahrani\u010dn\u00ed investice, zat\u00edmco m\u00edra chudoby klesla a vznikla rostouc\u00ed st\u0159edn\u00ed t\u0159\u00edda. Syst\u00e9m zdravotn\u00ed p\u00e9\u010de, kter\u00fd Sv\u011btov\u00e1 zdravotnick\u00e1 organizace chv\u00e1l\u00ed jako nejsiln\u011bj\u0161\u00ed v Latinsk\u00e9 Americe, je z\u00e1kladem rozvoje lidsk\u00e9ho kapit\u00e1lu. Hlavn\u00ed m\u011bstsk\u00e1 centra \u2013 Bogot\u00e1, Medell\u00edn, Cali, Barranquilla a Cartagena \u2013 funguj\u00ed jako finan\u010dn\u00ed, pr\u016fmyslov\u00e9 a kulturn\u00ed motory.<\/p>\n
Kolumbijsk\u00e1 kultura rezonuje ozv\u011bnami p\u0159edkolumbovsk\u00fdch civilizac\u00ed, \u0161pan\u011blsk\u00fdch koloni\u00e1ln\u00edch instituc\u00ed, africk\u00e9ho d\u011bdictv\u00ed a vliv\u016f imigrant\u016f z Evropy a Bl\u00edzk\u00e9ho v\u00fdchodu. Hudba sah\u00e1 od andsk\u00fdch bambucos po afro-karibskou cumbii; literatura sah\u00e1 od \u00fastn\u00edch tradic domorod\u00fdch obyvatel a\u017e po magicky realistick\u00e9 vypr\u00e1v\u011bn\u00ed nositele Nobelovy ceny Gabriela Garc\u00edi M\u00e1rqueze. Festivaly \u2013 Carnaval de Barranquilla, Feria de las Flores v Medell\u00ednu \u2013 m\u00eds\u00ed hudbu, tanec a ritu\u00e1ly v \u017eiv\u00fdch ve\u0159ejn\u00fdch projevech.<\/p>\n
Jeho kuchyn\u011b vypov\u00edd\u00e1 o region\u00e1ln\u00edch zvl\u00e1\u0161tnostech. V hor\u00e1ch h\u0159eje ajiaco \u2013 pol\u00e9vka z brambor, kuku\u0159ice a ku\u0159ete \u2013 chladn\u00fd horsk\u00fd vzduch; na karibsk\u00e9m pob\u0159e\u017e\u00ed kokosov\u00e1 r\u00fd\u017ee a sma\u017een\u00e9 ryby p\u0159ipom\u00ednaj\u00ed domorod\u00e9 i africk\u00e9 ko\u0159eny. Arepas \u2013 kuku\u0159i\u010dn\u00e9 kol\u00e1\u010dky, a\u0165 u\u017e oby\u010dejn\u00e9 nebo pln\u011bn\u00e9 \u2013 se objevuj\u00ed u ka\u017ed\u00e9ho j\u00eddla, zat\u00edmco fazole, plantainy a tropick\u00e9 ovoce, jako je guan\u00e1bana, lulo a maracuy\u00e1, zkr\u00e1\u0161luj\u00ed stoly po cel\u00e9 zemi. Pouli\u010dn\u00ed st\u00e1nky pod\u00e1vaj\u00ed empan\u00e1dy, aborrajados (sladk\u00e9 plantainy se s\u00fdrem) a bu\u00f1uelos; dom\u00e1c\u00ed kuchyn\u011b vyr\u00e1b\u011bj\u00ed dezerty jako natillas a kol\u00e1\u010d tres leches. N\u00e1poje sahaj\u00ed od siln\u00e9 k\u00e1vy tinto po t\u0159tinov\u00fd aguardiente, od champ\u00fas (n\u00e1poj z ovoce a kuku\u0159ice) a\u017e po \u010derstv\u00e9 ovocn\u00e9 \u0161\u0165\u00e1vy, kter\u00e9 oslavuj\u00ed bohatstv\u00ed sad\u016f zem\u011b.<\/p>\n
Kolumbijsk\u00fd p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh nen\u00ed ani statick\u00fd, ani jednotv\u00e1rn\u00fd. Je to n\u00e1rod, kter\u00fd neust\u00e1le vyjedn\u00e1v\u00e1 o sv\u00fdch vysokohorsk\u00fdch hlavn\u00edch m\u011bstech a \u0159\u00ed\u010dn\u00edch vnitrozem\u00edch, o sv\u00e9 pam\u011bti o konfliktech a o sv\u00fdch aspirac\u00edch na m\u00edr, o sv\u00e9 bohat\u00e9 biodiverzit\u011b a o tlakech rozvoje. Administrativn\u00ed reformy, infrastrukturn\u00ed projekty, \u00fasil\u00ed o ochranu p\u0159\u00edrody a hnut\u00ed za kulturn\u00ed obrozen\u00ed, to v\u0161e sv\u011bd\u010d\u00ed o spole\u010dnosti, kter\u00e1 se d\u00edv\u00e1 do minulosti i dop\u0159edu \u2013 sna\u017e\u00ed se ct\u00edt ko\u0159eny sv\u00fdch p\u0159edk\u016f a z\u00e1rove\u0148 si raz\u00ed nov\u00e9 cesty v propojen\u00e9m sv\u011bt\u011b. Ve sv\u00e9 rozlehlosti a rozmanitosti z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1 Kolumbie z\u00e1rove\u0148 zn\u00e1mou i p\u0159ekvapivou, trval\u00fdm t\u00e9matem k zamy\u0161len\u00ed t\u011bch, kte\u0159\u00ed proch\u00e1zej\u00ed jej\u00edmi cestami, plavia se po jej\u00edch \u0159ek\u00e1ch a naslouchaj\u00ed mnoha hlas\u016fm, kter\u00e9 spole\u010dn\u011b tvo\u0159\u00ed jej\u00ed rozv\u00edjej\u00edc\u00ed se p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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