Colombians in the US

While Colombians are one of the largest latin groups in New York next to Puerto Ricans and Dominicans they have connections home. There has been conflict in Colombia for most of my life. I have never known it to be calm there. According to Between Two Nations a book by Micheal Jones-Correa Colombia is different than many other latin countries because it allows citizens to vote even if they are no longer residents. This means that a Colombian living in New York can go to the consulate and register, then come back and vote on election day or go to one of the polls set up by the consulate. Although according to Jones-Correa Colombians think politics are dirty. Which, is understandable. If we take a look at Colombian politics and the in-fighting between rebels and the government and all of the un-rest that is there. In the book it says that about 60% of Colombians abstain from voting and being involved in electoral politics. That is a high number of people to be not be involved in politics. It goes back into their beliefs, if they beleive that politcs are evil then why should/would they be involved. Is this feeling because of politics back home in Colombia or here in the United States though. There is so much turmoil going on in Colombia and the United States plays a large role in a lot of it. It just makes you wonder why people think and do the things that they do.