The towns of San Andres and Providence Baptist Church, located in San Andr s One of the problems that bedevils the settlers is the overcrowding that occurred in the island mainly from immigration from mainland Colombia, motivated primarily by the establishment of the Free Port figure for St. Andrew by the government of Gustavo Rojas Pinilla in 1953, aiming to boost the economy of the island and attract tourists. The native population raizal got the recognition of their identity and rights in Colombia’s 1991 Constitution. Their language, San Andr s Creole English, Kriol or English Creole, is recognized as an officer in the archipelago. The islands are now a department. Established relgiosa freedom and equality.However, the loss of land from peasants islanders, the exhaustion of wells, looting of fishing vessels by major U.S. and ecological damage in marine areas near the beach, is an enormous injury even without repair , especially when taking into account that not all constitutional provisions are in operation. This is not true, because CIOH, research center ocenograficas Navy has made great strides in the recovery of marine life and water still leaves La Loma. Subsidized Regime hospital addition, the National Government has also made other significant investments in the area of health: health subsidy scheme, the department of San Andres went from 17 thousand 796 members in 2003 to 26 thousand 581 last year. Of the total members, 2 thousand 424 were found in Providence and the remaining 24 thousand 157 in San Andres. This means an increase of nearly 50 percent in recent years.To date, San Andres and Providencia have 46,409 people in the Sisben, of which 11,272 belong to Tier 1, 20,118 at level 2 and level 3 Icbf 12,833 Families in Action and The Colombian Family Dominica Welfare Institute (ICBF) is running this year in San Andres a budget amounting to 2 billion 774 million pesos, of which 2 thousand 121 million are targeted to benefit 12 thousand users of nutrition programs. The program of school cafeterias, ICBF serves, this year, to 11,600 of the 14,700 students who have the department in public. In San Andres there Families in Action 1241, in Providence serves 100 percent of the families of levels 1 and 2 of Sisben, ie more than 500 families who receive subsidies for nutrition and education. Currently 300 grants are available to improve housing for the native islander population.Drinking water OECS and basic sanitation over the past five years, the National Government led the recovery softening plant and launched a new desalination plant to produce 70 liters of water per second. The national government has invested about 14,500 million pesos in the construction of new water supply network and sewage. Addition was completed the installation of a submarine to San Andres, an investment of 2,100 million pesos. In Providence has reached 50 percent of the total investment for basic sanitation, the project is building healthy housing and rebuilt by the garbage landfill. Infrastructure The Government has led the recovery of public space in the archipelago, by building on Boulevard Sprat Bight, the promenade of Avenida Newball and rehabilitation of Central Park and Sim n Bol var.It has also invested resources of 29 billion pesos for the paving of roads Plan 2500, both San Andres and Providencia. Among the projects to be prioritized are the improvement and maintenance of the Bypass from San Andr s, which already run at a cost of 1,715 million pesos. Additionally, it carried out the refurbishment of the airport of San Andr s and repaving of the track. Similarly, 12,300 million pesos spent on expanding the distribution networks of electricity, work currently in process and will benefit about 30 per cent of all residential users. In Providence, it rebuilt the pedestrian area of St. Catherine, at a cost of 961 million pesos, and restored the monastery of Providence.Furthermore, in 2005, the government allocated resources by 184 million additional dollars in maintenance of the airport terminal in San Andres, and built the fire station in Providence at a cost of 511 million. Tourism For the last three years, has increased the number of tourists to San Andres.

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