Poor Bogota suburb wows tourists with street art

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Poor Bogota suburb wows tourists with street art

BOGOTA — On Sundays in Ciudad Bolivar, one of Bogota’s poorest neighborhoods, residents are treated to the incongruous sight of tourists riding the cable car that on weekdays transports thousands of workers to their jobs. A 15-minute ride on the TransMiCable takes the visitors from one end of the district to the other, looking out on the rickety homes clinging precariously to the mountainside, many painted in happy, bright colors. The tourists a…