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Colombian government seeks to reduce poverty by 2%

The Colombian government hopes to reduce the poverty level by 2% in 2012, reported local media Friday. In the year 2011, there were allegedly over 15 million people living in poverty in Colombia. Approximately 5 million of those...

60 elders receive primary school degree

Sixty impoverished elders learn to read and write, thanks to a Bogota university and social program. According to El Espectador, an investment of $70,000 provided seniors with 288 hours of reading, writing, math, and computer...

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