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5 indigenous children die of mystery infection

Five children of the indigenous group Chimila died of a mysterious respiratory infection in the department of Magdalena, reported Radio Santa Fe Thursday. According to the department’s governor, Manuel Jose Bonett Locarno,...

Colombia seeks to control AIDS

Since 1983 over 67,000 Colombians have been diagnosed with AIDS, the country reported on World AIDS Day. In 2009, 4,960 new HIV cases and 1,281 people with AIDS were registered and 539 Colombians died of the disease, reported...

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