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This article aims to analyze the principle of universality in pension matters for rural communities in Colombia. On the one hand, it presents a description of working conditions in the field, and on the other, an analysis of the Constitutional doctrine around the consecration of the pension as a fundamental right; Finally, the need in Colombia to tend for universal pension coverage in its rural areas is analyzed. Thus, from a qualitative research with a hermeneutical approach and the analysis of data and documentary sources (specialized literature, law, jurisprudence, DANE data), it was possible to conclude that given the conditions of poverty, informality, aging and low coverage in social protection in the countryside, our pension system must offer assurance designs appropriate to the socio-economic and living conditions of rural communities, that is, to enable a non-contributory rural pension for Colombia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The object of this research article is to analyze the efficacy of universality principle in the pension subsidized regime for the case of Medellin during the years 1996-2008. In one hand, it presents a theoretical reflection on universality as a social security principle; on the other hand, it presents the limitations that from a juridical point of view could be evidences in the pension subsidized regime. So from the analysis of data ad documentary sources, it was possible to conclude that pension subsidized regime is not an efficient tool for urban, rural independent workers, community mothers and disabled people could have access to a pension. In this way, it has been proposed as a challenge for social security policy, to increase the coverage of pension subsidize system in order to allow to large group of independent workers that wen they arrive to their retired age, has disability, or die can have an income allowing their subsistence and their families as well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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