Flag of Artigas Flag of Artigas The Flag of Artigas is one of the three official flags of Uruguay, it pays homage to José Gervasio Artigas, the national hero of Uruguay. It has three horizontal stripes, the top and bottom being blue, and the central one white. On top of them, it has a diagonal red stripe. The Flag of Artigas must be flown alongside the National Flag and the Flag of the Treinta y Tres on government buildings. The Flag of Artigas, and emblems derived from it, have traditionally been used as the symbols of the Military of Uruguay. For much of
Flag of Colombia Flag of Colombia The national flag of Colombia symbolizes Colombian independence from Spain, gained on July 20, 1810. It is a horizontal tricolour of yellow, blue and red. The yellow stripe takes up the top half of the flag and the blue and red take up a quarter of the space each. It is a triband flag with horizontal bands colored yellow, blue and red. Vertically the yellow occupies 50% and the other 50% is shared by the blue and red colors in equal proportion. The horizontal stripes (from top to bottom) of yellow, blue and red tricolor have a