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Bogota is divided into 2 'halves', the North and the South. If you are born in the prosperous 'island' which comprises maybe 5% of the north of the city, your money is not likely to ever run out. If you are born in the south half, chances of ever reaching economic stability are extremely scarce. When you get to the mountains in the extreme south of the city where the city supposedly ends, you realize that there is a third 'half' to the city, south of the south part, where beyond the hills the city has expanded and expanded to where you can't even see the city itself anymore. This part of Bogota is mainly populated by the many displaced (about 400,000 yearly) that reach the city after having been scared away from their homelands in the conflict between guerrillas and paramilitaries.

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