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Saturday, June 2, 2007

Ciudad Bolivar sprawls over the hills of southern Bogota. Many of the residents have built their own houses.

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New School: The city is building impressive new schools in Ciudad Bolivar and other neighborhoods. Hopefully, the kids will appreciate them.

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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.