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Poverty and inequality | Colombia Reports
WEBSep 25, 2023 · Poverty in Colombia decreased in last year after a major surge caused by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.. Colombia’s poverty rate. Colombia poverty rate dropped slightly in 2022, the statistics agency DANE said in its annual report. According to the DANE, almost 19 million people lived off less than …
Violence against women in Colombia saw sharp increase in 2022
WEBNov 25, 2022 · Prosecution failed to report a single femicide conviction in annual report. by Adriaan Alsema November 25, 2022. Violence against women and girls in Colombia has seen a major increase in the first 10 months of 200 compared to the same period last year, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office. The government agency released the alarming ...
Colombia legalizes assisted suicide in historic ruling
WEBby Adriaan Alsema May 12, 2022. Colombia’s constitutional court legalized physician-assisted suicide (PAS) on Wednesday. The historic ruling decriminalized PAS for people who suffer from severe health conditions that patients consider a threat to their dignity. The ruling made Colombia the second country in the Americas to decriminalize PAS ...
How corruption in Colombia affects millions
WEBby Adriaan Alsema December 21, 2021. Almost 15 million people were affected by corruption in cases that came to light between 2016 and 2020, according to Transparency for Colombia. The anti-corruption NGO analyzed 967 corruption scandals that were unveiled by news media and in some cases investigated by the authorities.
Colombia drug consumption up 38% since 2008: Report
WEBJul 21, 2014 · Colombia drug consumption up 38% since 2008: Report. by Gabrielle Mentjox July 21, 2014. Illicit drug consumption in Colombia has increased by 38% over the past five years, with the largest demographic increase coming among 18-24 year-olds, according to a recent survey on drug consumption in the country. More than 30,000 Colombians between the ...
Medellin | Colombia Reports
WEBJan 8, 2023 · Medellin’s municipal authorities coined their first development plan in 1890 and its first census in 1905 revealed that almost 60,000 people had settled in the grown. It wasn’t until the 1930’s when urban development plans from Bogota really began growing the city. In 1951, when Colombia had descended in a civil war called “La Violencia ...
Assassinations driving increase in Colombia's homicides: report
WEBAug 29, 2022 · Colombia’s increase in homicides is mainly due to assassinations that doubled between 2017 and last year, a study revealed. According to think tank Futuros Urbanos, 61% of the homicides committed in Colombia last year were assassinations. Based on police statistics, the think tank said that …
Luis Carlos Galan | Colombia Reports
WEBColombia Reports April 1, 2017. Luis Carlos Galan was a Colombian journalist and popular Liberal Party presidential candidate who was killed in 1989 at the order of drug lord Pablo Escobar. An outspoken opponent of drug trafficking, Galan was in favor of forming an extradition treaty with the USA, and thus found himself a target of organized ...
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