"On July 16, an annual report from the government’s general accounting office said the country’s development level has declined continuously since 1997. Some 64.8 percent of the population now lives in poverty,
The report notes Colombia’s rapidly growing displaced population and cites one of the world’s most unequal income distributions, behind only Brazil’s in Latin America.
economic growth seems to have concentrated wealth further,
Armed Forces chief Gen. Carlos Alberto Ospina Ovalle defended government antikidnapping efforts July 15. The abduction rate in the first half of the year was 39 percent lower than the same period last year, he said.
The International Press Institute reported in March that Colombia is the second most dangerous county, after Iraq, for journalists. Ninety-five percent of assassinations of Colombian journalists during the last two decades have gone unpunished"
Jamie
Engage the Exotic
