Poverty and inequality
Colombia has successfully reduced poverty and extreme wealth disparity over the past years, but continues to be one of the most unequal country in the Americas.
Colombia has successfully reduced poverty and extreme wealth disparity over the past years, but continues to be one of the most unequal country in the Americas.
Almost half of Colombia’s population has said they struggled to afford food over the past year as the perceived wealth gap widened, according to Gallup. The poll on income inequality…
Colombia’s extreme inequality in land ownership is the worst in South America, a continent where land concentration is already exceedingly high. A recent report by Oxfam highlighted the alarming nature…
Colombia’s government will invest $4.12 billion over the next 10 years in an initiative to bring safe drinking water to Colombia’s rural areas, reported Caracol Radio on Wednesday.
Wednesday marks Colombia’s Afro-Colombian Day, which pays homage to the contributions of Afro-Colombian communities and calls attention to their ongoing struggle for equality.
Hundreds of homeless people returned to the streets of Colombia’s second largest city after apparently being removed by authorities to leave a good impression while the city was hosting the…
President Juan Manuel Santos claimed on Wednesday that Colombia will be able to eradicate extreme poverty before the end of the decade.
Colombia has the most unequal urban areas in Latin America, according to the United Nations, with the country’s second-largest city Medellin singled out as a hotbed of inequality.
The percentage of Colombia’s population living below the poverty line dropped from 34.1% to 32.7% between 2011 and 2012.