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Colombia: Leading Cause of Death for Children in Bogota

Categories: Latin America, Colombia, Youth

Balada Del Elefante Azul [ES] is frustrated at the fact that the leading cause of death for children aged 12-17 in Bogota is by bullet or knife [1]. He is also bothered by a culture that seems to applaud those that “appear on television and proudly saying that they were a guerrilla, paramilitary or soldier.”