Because during the election he promised a lot of things to the people so as soon as he went into office he just hit the ground running
Became a symbol of youth culture
It's not that it is not growing. It is growing very slowly. Like most economies that are dependent on oil revenue, Columbia is really struggling with the world oil price (this is a whole study in itself and you really should develop a firm understanding of what is going on. It isn't oil that's the problem. It's the pricing structure of oil that's the trouble.)
So they need a better price for their oil.
They are doing the same thing that the place where I live is doing (Alberta Canada). They are turning more and more to creating manufacturing income which is not related to oil and agricultural exports. They need keep on encouraging manufacturing.
They need to cut the effects of corruption which the judicial system is also progressing to do.
It would have been more likely for c)Chinese seeking railroad jobs to move to the West Coast. This was due to many rural Chinese men looking for a better life and to escape the Chinese Civil War. Since the West Coast was the closest, they would cross the Pacific Ocean and work on the railroads in California along the most Western part of the United States.