Colombia is a country just south of Panama, in the continent of South America. Colombia is a major source of cocaine and has been ravaged by many illegal drug cartels and terrorist organizations.[Citation Needed] The primary language in Colombia is Spanish. It is ruled with an iron fist by totalitarian dictator Alvaro Uribe, a staunch Bush ally. Uribe brutally supresses any dissidence by use of his illegal right-wing militias [1].