Gran Colombia–Peru War This is clear to anyone who examines the many treaties signed between Colombia and Peru before 1830. In Peru, however, the dissolution of Gran Colombia is seen as a country ceasing to exist, giving way to the formation of new nation-states. The significance of this view is that the treaties Peru had signed with Gran Colombia became void when the countersignatory ceased to exist. The three new states, the Republic of New Granada (which later changed its name to Republic of Colombia), the Republic of Venezuela, and the Republic of Ecuador, in the Peruvian view, started with a clean diplomatic
Administrative Department of the Presidency of the Republic (Colombia) Administrative Department of the Presidency of the Republic (Colombia) The Administrative Department of the Presidency of the Republic (, ) consists of the immediate staff of the President of Colombia, as well as multiple levels of support staff reporting to the President. The DAPRE is the Executive Administrative Department that assists the President in the exercise of its duties by lending the administrative support and related services to fulfil his official and constitutional duties. The Director of the Administrative Department of the Presidency of the Republic is "ex officio" the of the Office of the President and the President's Chief-of-Staff.