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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]
Safety precautions, tips for travel to Mexico. If you do travel to Mexico, the State Department recommends not traveling at night and traveling in groups. “Keep traveling companions and family ...
So what advice would we give folks who are planning travel to Mexico or any other international destination and are confused about the different levels of safety precautions? Understand and ...
Trends on income inequality 1998–2010 in 7 Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela). Source of the data: World Bank. According to the World Bank, the poorest countries in the region were (as of 2008): [19] Haiti, Nicaragua, Bolivia and Honduras.
Studies in Mexico also show that parental neglect, physical abuse, and abandonment increase children's vulnerabilities. Living in Mexican urban slums , called colonias marginales, also places these children at risk for becoming street children because they often lack economic stability, educational opportunities, public services, social ...
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Colombia has an abundance of families that belonged to the middle-class sector of society and are struggling between the need to survive and the desire to give their children a good education. The lower-middle class, constituting the bulk of the middle class, comes primarily from upwardly mobile members of the lower class.
After a Category 4 hurricane swept Mexico earlier this week concerns over the safety of travel to Mexico and the risk of further natural disasters have risen.