La cumbre más alta de Colombia es el pico Cristóbal Colón, de 5800 metros, ubicado en la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, al norte del país.
1986. On January 27, Jose Azcona Hoyo takes the oath as the nation’s new president, thus inheriting a $2.5-billion foreign debt. Azcona sought to jack up economic growth, but the presence of Nicaraguan contra guerrillas along the border brought on new tensions between both countries. In the month of December, the frontier fight with Nicaragua flares up and diplomatic tensions are heightened to the utmost. Negotiations between the two countries put an end to the fighting.

La cumbre más alta de Colombia es el pico Cristóbal Colón, de 5800 metros, ubicado en la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, al norte del país.