Bloggings by Boz was recently in Colombia once again and launched an informal poll of taxi drivers in Bogota and Cartagena. All five gave President Alvaro Uribe high marks on security, which is something that was not surprising. In addition to the security issue, he also asked them about other pressing issues, however, “I’ll stress that five cab drivers in two of Colombia’s major cities should not be taken as representative of the population at large.”
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