Government regulations or deregulations

Changes in tax laws

Special tariffs

Political action committees

Voter participation rates

Number, severity and location / protests

Number of patents

Changes in patent laws

Enviromental protection laws

Level of defense expenditures

Legislation on equal employment

Level of government subisidies

Antitrust legislation

Sino - Colombian relationships

Russian - Colombian relationships

European- Colombian relationships

African- Colombian relationships

Import- export regulations

Government fiscal and monetary policy

Political conditions in foreign countries

Special local, state and federal laws

Lobbying activities

Size of governmental budgets

World oil, currency, and labor markets

Location and severity of terrorist activities

Local, state, and national elections