Rich grab half Colombia poor fund
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Half of the Colombian government's subsidies for the poor are swallowed up by the richest part of society,  a study claims.
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A portion of sales goes to the Global Fund, which finances health programs in Africa.
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has teamed up with the Rockefeller Foundation to invest some 150 million dollars in a development project tackling poverty and hunger in African communities.
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Colombia on Thursday seized hundreds of drug stores across the country suspected of money laundering for the Cali cocaine cartel, in the biggest property seizure in Colombia's history.
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Venezuela has started a rescue operation in Colombia to secure the release of two hostages held by leftist rebels, an official said on Thursday, after a similar effort led by President Hugo Chavez collapsed last year.
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Venezuelans are swilling aged whiskey, snapping up luxury cars and treating themselves to plastic surgery in an oil-fueled spending spree worthy of one of the fastest-growing economies in Latin America.
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After freeing two hostages, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia is thought to still hold more than 700 others.
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Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim,   the world's third-richest man, will give away a chunk of his   fortune by matching donations to health, education and social   programs in Mexico, a close aide said on Wednesday.
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Colombia is set to become the first Latin American country to give established gay couples full rights to health insurance, inheritance and social security under a bill passed by its Congress.
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The world&#39;s poorer nations are paying a heavy price in human lives for the failure of the rich to provide the resources they promised to fight global hunger and poverty, humanitarian agency Oxfam said in a report released Sunday.
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The three richest people in the world have one thing in common.
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Â·  Colombian farmers driven out as armed groups profit Â·  Lucrative 'green' crop less risky to grow than coca
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The rich are getting richer. Well, not all of them. Some have taken the billion-dollar plunge.
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe asks donors to help fund a process to disarm right-wing guerrillas.
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's richest charity, joined with the Rockefeller Foundation yesterday to launch a new development initiative for sub-Saharan Africa that they said would revolutionize food production and reduce hunger and poverty for tens of millions of people.
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Colombian rebels will hand over three hostages to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, including an aide to former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and the woman's young son, according to a statement released Tuesday.
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The richest 2% of adults in the world own more than half of all household wealth, a new study by the UN finds.