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Colombia is the 2nd Happiest Place for the Planet

Have Fun - Do Good

In the same article, he also describes the a rapid-transit bus system in Bogotá, the Trans-Milenio: "After only five years of operation, we are moving 1.4 The HPI is calculated by adding the country's life expectancy with its life satisfaction divided by its ecological footprint. The top ranked countries were: 1. Colombia 3. Costa Rica 4.

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"Leveling the Playing Field" Through Broadband and Public Computers

NTEN

Many that see the free market system as leveling the economic playing field might argue against public loans or grants to small businesses. In 2001 a hurricane struck that island of Cuba, straining that nation's ability to provide commodities such as rice and corn for their population.