贵州读者丘晨光来信询问:何谓“卡塔赫纳集团”?现简介如下:卡塔赫纳(Cartagena)是哥伦比亚北部著名的滨海城市,人口约50万。它建于1533年。起初它取名为“西部卡塔赫纳”,以区别于西班牙东部的卡塔赫纳市,后又改名为“西印度卡塔赫纳”。十六世纪中期,卡塔赫纳城是西班牙掠夺南美金银财宝的转运港和奴隶市场。十七世纪初,它曾为仅次于墨西哥和利马的美洲第三大城市。至十八世纪,它又有较大发展,有“王国门户”之称。近些年来,卡塔赫纳城里又涌现了各种现代化设施和建筑,面貌焕然一新。目前。它不仅是哥伦比亚的旅游胜地,也是新的世界名城,各种重要的国际会议常 Qiu Chenguang, Guizhou Readers’ Message: What is the “Cartagena Group”? The briefing is as follows: Cartagena is a famous coastal city in northern Colombia with a population of about 500,000. It was built in 1533. At first it was named “Cartagena de Indias” to distinguish it from Cartagena, in eastern Spain, and later renamed “Cartagena, West Indies.” In the mid-16th century, Cartagena was the port of transit and the slave market for the Spanish plundering the gold and silver of South America. At the beginning of the seventeenth century, it was the third largest city in the Americas after Mexico and Lima. To the eighteenth century, it has a greater development, the “gateway to the Kingdom,” said. In recent years, a variety of modern facilities and buildings have emerged in the city of Cartagena. Currently. It is not only a tourist destination in Colombia, but also a new world famous city. Various important international conferences