Tell me... do you have any friends? ;)
Yes, we do. My wife is an official of an “international organization” with an office in Montevideo, and we both work closely with, and are friends with, many Latin Americans, including many from Colombia. Living in Miami, we are exposed to the culture and language of that part of the world more so than people from other parts of the U.S.
Colombians are great people, but they do get a bit irritated when we “gringos” can’t spell the name of their country correctly.
(Actually, I don’t like the term “gringo”. When I am down south and am called a gringo, I tell the person “No,
soy Yanqui”.)