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Ciudad Bolivar is notorious for poverty and crime. Guerrilla and paramilitary groups rule the neighborhood, many of whose residents are people displaced by the civil war.
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Ciudad Bolivar Poverty
Ciudad Bolivar is notorious for poverty and crime. Guerrilla and paramilitary groups rule the neighborhood, many of whose residents are people displaced by the civil war.