Today is the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action and according to UNICEF nearly 5200 people were killed in 2008 as a result of landmines and similar devices. The problem of landmines is not immune to Latin America, especially children whose lives have been forever changed by armed conflict and violence. Such is the case in Colombia as one can see in the jarring video below from Euronews:
Online Sources - UNICEF, YouTube
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