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Zuckerberg visits Colombia to launch free Internet.org app, 1st country in Latin America

Mark Zuckerberg visited Colombia and President Juan Manuel Santos to launch a free Internet.org app for smartphones that will enable subscribers of local phone service Tigo to get free Internet access to a limited number of free services, including Facebook and several government sites such as "Instituto Colombiano para la Evaluación de la Educación, an education assessment service and Agronet, a service that provides information on agriculture and rural development."  The list of free services includes:

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AccuWeather
Agronet
BabyCenter & MAMA
Facebook
Girl Effect
Instituto Colombiano para la Evaluación de la Educación
Messenger
Mitula
Para la Vida
Su Dinero
Tambero.com
UNICEF
Wikipedia
YoAprendo 

Internet.org is a nonprofit organization spearheaded by Zuckerberg to bring Internet access to more people in the world.  So far, Internet.org has launched its free app in the African countries of Zambia, Kenya, and Tanzania.

Zuckerberg and Santos held a town hall meeting to discuss the launch of the free app.

 

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