Fewer murders.Notary public A public official whose main powers include administering oaths and attesting to signatures, both important and effective ways to minimize Fraud in legal documents. Heyde Duran (centre of picture) talks with leaders of the Altos de Cazuca settlement on a mountainside to the south of Bogota, Colombia. The settlement of 40,000 was notorious for its high murder rate--five per week. The number of assassinations has fallen by 95 per cent, partly due to reconciliation between various faction fac·tion 1 n. 1. A group of persons forming a cohesive, usually contentious minority within a larger group. 2. Conflict within an organization or nation; internal dissension: leaders under the auspices of Mujeres Creadoras de Paz (Women Creators of Peace), an MRA-inspired NGO NGO abbr. nongovernmental organization Noun 1. NGO - an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government nongovernmental organization . Two of those pictured (one a former urban guerrilla guerrilla Member of an irregular military force fighting small-scale, fast-moving actions, usually in concert with an overall political-military strategy, against conventional military and police forces. leader) aim to make the settlement a model for others. |
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