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Praying for a miracle  
   

Praying for a miracle

The story goes that a certain woman had come here to pray for help from the Virgin Mary because she had no money and her family was starving. Behind her stood one of Escobar's men trying to get close enough to pray for blessings in his next killing spree. He disgustedly shoved some money into the woman's hands and told her to get out of the way with her worthless petition-- he had more important things to pray about. The woman left shouting praises and thanking the virgin Mary for a miracle.
Colombia's heartbreak

January 20th 2015
Geo: 6.23593, -75.5751Imagine growing up in a country so torn apart by violence that when your father leaves for work in the morning, you don't know if he'll return alive. Imagine being five years old and cowering in a corner because dad's late and your mother's in a total flat-out panic. This was Pablo Escobar's Colombia of 20 years ago. A Colombia where an army of childr ... read more
South America » Colombia » Medellin

Colombian Flag Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part... ... read more
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