ocr: There is little social mobility in Colombia; the historically wealthy Spanish tamilies still dominate political and business life. The rich favor BMWs or jeeps, weekend in Miami or Colombia's Caribbean islands, shop in Paris and Rome, and go to the USA for medical treatment. Their children are educated overseas. The rural poorare mostly landless. The inhabitants ofthe shantytowns of Cali, Barranquilla, Cartagena and Buenaventura are the poorest groups in Colombian society.
