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Colombia promises action after outrage over children eating from garbage dump
by Stephen Gill October 3, 2019
After a year of inaction, Colombia’s Family Welfare Institute (ICBF) promised to help an indigenous community on the border with Venezuela after footage of children eating from a garbage dump caused outrage.
According to newspaper El Tiempo, which reported on the situation a year ago, the indigenous community from around Puerto Carreño, Vichada, has been living under these conditions for two years without any action from the authorities.
Last year, Puerto Carreño Mayor Marcos Perez said that the indigenous community “wants to live from the garbage” and urged the national government to help, apparently without response.
The growing influx of indigenous from the Venezuelan side of the border, has been aggravating the problem, Perez repeated this week.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombia-promises-action-after-outrage-over-children-eating-from-garbage-dump/
