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Saturday, June 2, 2007

Mike's Bogota Blog

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Ciudad Bolivar Poverty

Ciudad Bolivar Poverty

Ciudad Bolivar is notorious for poverty and crime. Guerrilla and paramilitary groups rule the neighborhood, many of whose residents are people displaced by the civil war.