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In 2010, 3.4% of the children under 5 years old in Colombia suffer from global malnutrition (deficiency of weight for age) and up to 13% suffer from chronic malnutrition (deficiency of height for age). The situation is worse for the indigenous peoples of Colombia, who in the same indicators recorded rates of 7.5% and 29.5% respectively. [7]
A series of protests began in Colombia on 28 April 2021 against increased taxes, corruption, and health care reform proposed by the government of President Iván Duque.The tax initiative was introduced to expand funding to Ingreso Solidario, a universal basic income social program established in April 2020 to provide relief during the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia, while the legislative Bill ...
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Indigenous peoples in Colombia have long been exploited by settlers since the beginning of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Mines, land and labor remain key issues today in the conflict between Indigenous peoples, armed groups, and the Colombian government. [2]
Before assuming power, on August 7, 2022, Petro began to use Twitter very actively to make announcements and issue positions on current issues in Colombia. But, as president he has used the social ...
However, Justice for Colombia reports that in 2011 Colombians are still working in 'conditions so poor that they violate both ILO conventions and Colombian national law'. [42] Up until 2010, Colombia had featured every year for 21 years on the ILO blacklist of countries to be investigated for non-compliance with conventions concerning labour ...
Colombia is the largest exporter of cocaine in the world. [22] While there was a decrease in coca cultivation in Colombia from 2017-2020 (171,000 hectares of farmland producing coca bush down to 142,800 hectares), cultivation has been increasing since 2021, with reported 230,000 hectares of farmland growing coca bush in 2022.
According to Transparency for Colombia, the country ranks 70 in the Perception of Corruption index. However, the problem of corruption is a high priority to only 2.9% of the people interviewed versus violence, which is a high priority to 31.49%, and unemployment, which is a high priority to 20.7%. [12]