Come to sunny Colombia

　　到陽光明媚的哥倫比亞來吧!(陳繼龍 編譯)

　　Jun 29th 2006 | CIUDAD PERDIDA, COLOMBIA

　　From The Economist print edition

　　MENTION Colombia, and most people think of cocaine, kidnappings and guerrilla violence. (1)These have served to keep all but the most danger-loving tourists away for decades. But under álvaro Uribe, Colombia's president since 2002, violence has fallen steadily and many parts of the country have become safe. Now the government is trying to r_______① conventional images of Colombia with different ones: white-sand beaches, colonial cities, jungle-clad mountains and placid coffee farms.

　　一說起哥倫比亞，大多數人都會想到可卡因、綁架案和游擊隊。幾十年來，除了那些特別喜歡冒險的人之外，幾乎所有游客都對這里望而卻步。不過，在2002年上任至今的哥倫比亞總統阿爾瓦羅 烏里韋治下，暴力事件已經穩步減少，大部分地區都已變得安全。政府現在正努力改變哥倫比亞的傳統形象，給人們呈現一派迥然不同的景象：潔白的沙灘，殖民時代風格的都市，叢林密布的山岳，還有那靜謐的咖啡莊園。