According to a December report by the Corporación Nuevo Arco Iris NGO, 473 FARC-EP guerrillas and 357 members of the Colombian security forces died in combat between January and September 2010.

According to Corporación Nuevo Arco Iris, FARC-EP killed 429 members of the Colombian government's security forces between January and October 2011.

According to the Colombian military, this same unit remained in the area for 43 days and did not find the captives until they accidentally ran into the FARC camp on the way back, which led to a shootout.

According to Amnesty International, both civilian women and female combatants have been sexually exploited or victimized by all of the different parties involved in the Colombian armed conflict.

According to the Colombian government, FARC-EP had an estimated 6, 000 – 8, 000 members in 2008, down from 16, 000 in 2001, having lost much of their fighting force since President Álvaro Uribe took office in 2002.

According to experts interviewed by W Radio Colombia, the animals could survive in the Colombian jungles.

According to Medios para la Paz, a group founded by Colombian journalists, Colombian guerrilla groups kidnapped a total of 1, 000 people, ( 300 a year, 25 a month ) in the Cesar Department, between 2000 and 2003.

According to the Colombian Constitution of 1991 the executive power for this region will be vested in a single individual elected by popular vote ( starting from 1991, governors were previously appointed by the President of Colombia ) and will be called Governor of the Córdoba Department.

According to the Colombian Constitution, every department is an electoral circumscription.

According to the Colombian Constitution of 1991, 100 senators ( senadores ) are elected from a single national candidate list.

According to the Colombian Constitution, every department is an electoral administrative division.

According to Colombian officials, it will take many years before all the bodies that have been recovered are identified.

According to Claudia Calle, spokesperson for País Libre, a Colombian foundation for victims of abductions, the ELN is responsible for the death of 153 hostages between 2000 and 2007.

According to recent news reports in Colombia and the US, he has begun importing a native Colombian drink, known locally as aguardiente, to the US under the name of Petro.

According to the trial testimony, four of these Colombian drug traffickers were robbed of their cocaine and brutally murdered in July 1989 by Miller, Arroyo, Hale, Hunt, and Jimenez.

According to Chávez and his supporters, the capture of several dozen individuals in May 2004 and other developments prove the existence of the purported coup plot, while the anti-Chávez opposition discounts the notion that any deeper meaning can be imputed to the raid and capture of the Colombian detainees or to other events.

According to opposition spokespersons and some of the people arrested, many of the Colombian nationals were merely unemployed and impoverished peasants.

According to the indictment, members of the Norte del Valle cartel even conducted their own wiretaps in Colombia to intercept the communications of rival drug traffickers and Colombian and United States law enforcement officials.

According to documents released to the public by the U. S. Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) in 2008, " Colombian National Police director General Miguel Antonio Gómez Padilla said ' that he had directed a senior CNP intelligence officer to maintain contact with Fidel Castano, paramilitary leader of Los Pepes, for the purposes of intelligence collection.

According to its supporters, the European rhythms such as " Fandango " and " Cashuas " led to the creation of the Chilean Sajuriana, the Venezuelan Zambo, the Argentine Cielo Gaucho, the Mexican Tas-be, the Colombian Bambuco, the Ecuadorian Amor Fino, and the Peruvian Toro Mata.

According to Ana Carrigan's 1993 book The Palace of Justice: A Colombian Tragedy, Supreme Court Chief Justice Alfonso Reyes was apparently burned alive during the assault, as someone incinerated his body after pouring gasoline over it.

According to the FARC, they invite all the Colombian women to join in what they consider as their struggle against the injustices of society.

According to the Constitution, the President has ultimate authority over foreign policy, while Congress is tasked with reviewing and considering all diplomatic nominations and international treaties, as well as legislation relating to Brazilian foreign policy.

According to the Tarnovo Constitution, all men between 21 and 40 years of age were eligible for military service.

According to the Constitution of the Czech Republic, the President is the head of state while the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising supreme executive power.

According to the Egyptian Constitution, political parties are allowed to exist.

According to the Italian Constitution, after his resignation from the office of President, Cossiga became lifetime senator, joining his predecessors in the upper house of parliament, with whom he also shared the title of President Emeritus of the Italian Republic.

:: Example 1 ( parliamentary monarchy ): According to Section 12 of the Constitution of Denmark 1953:

:: Example 3 ( parliamentary republic ): According to Article 26 ( 2 ) of the 1975 Constitution of Greece:

:: Example 4 ( parliamentary republic ): According to Article 53 ( 1 ) of the Constitution of India:

:: Example 6 ( semi-presidential republic ): According to Chapter 4, Article 87, Section 1 of the Constitution of Russia:

:: Example 3 ( semi-presidential republic ): According to Chapter 4, Article 84 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation:

According to Aristotle's Constitution of Orchomenus, when the Thespians ravaged Ascra, the villagers sought refuge at Orchomenus, where, following the advice of an oracle, they collected the ashes of Hesiod and set them in a place of honour in their agora, next to the tomb of Minyas, their eponymous founder.

According to the Federal Constitution of Malaysia, the YDPA is considered as the Supreme Head of the Federation ( Article 32 ).

According to the U. S. Department of State, " The Constitution provides for an independent judiciary ; however, the executive branch has exerted undue influence on the judiciary.

According to the Constitution of North Korea ( 조선민주주의인민공화국 사회주의 헌법 ) Article 100, " the National Defence Commission is the highest military leadership body of State power.

According to Article 17 of the Constitution, " independence, peace, and solidarity are the basic ideals of the foreign policy and the principles of external activities of the DPRK ".

According to the 1999 Constitution of Niger, the President may call a referendum on any matter ( except for a revision of those elements of the Constitution outlined in Article 136 — including the presidential term limits ).

According to professor A. V. Dicey in An Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution, the essential features of a federal constitution are: a ) A written supreme constitution in order to prevent disputes between the jurisdictions of the Federal and State authorities ; b ) A distribution of power between the Federal and State governments and c ) A Supreme Court vested with the power to interpret the Constitution and enforce the law of the land remaining independent of both the executive and legislative branches.

According to Article 50 of the Constitution, the National Assembly, the Senate and the President together make up a body known as the Majlis-i-Shoora ( Council of Advisers ).

According to Article II, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution, the president may convene either or both houses of Congress.

In 1741, during the attack that led to Walpole's downfall, Samuel Sandys declared that " According to our Constitution we can have no sole and prime minister.

According to article 7 of the Constitution, if the presidency becomes vacant for any reason, or if the president becomes incapacitated, upon the request of the gouvernement, the Constitutional Council may rule, by a majority vote, that the presidency is to be temporarily assumed by the President of the Senate.

According to the Constitution of Russia, the country is a federation and semi-presidential republic, wherein the President is the head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of government.

According to the Constitution of Russia, the President of Russia is head of state, and of a multi-party system with executive power exercised by the government, headed by the Prime Minister, who is appointed by the President with the parliament's approval.