This is a very rich country agriculturally speaking. Biodiversity is extraordinary, only rivalled by Brazil. Imagine you have lots of taxes, travel is restrict

This is a very rich country agriculturally speaking. Biodiversity is extraordinary, only rivalled by Brazil. Imagine you have lots of taxes, travel is restricted, and you have enough people with good work ethic that adapt to those conditions. When those taxes disappear (plain extortion by paramilitary and guerrillas) and travel between cities is possible again (again roadblocks by paramilitary and guerrillas), then the good work ethic goes a long way. Right now the paramilitary is no more, FARC is becoming a political party, we are getting immigrants from neighborhood countries and we are fixing more issues than we did before. Now, there's something that bothers me and it is the science budget was cut by this government. No immediate repercussions, but very bad for long term development.