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  • Maximo runs a successful colmado, which is the local version of a small general store.

    Kiva Loans 2009

  • Maximo runs a successful colmado, which is the local version of a small general store.

    Kiva Loans 2009

  • It has really come to my advantage because I am getting to know the neighbors better 36 of the 42 kids are from Barrio Las Flores and I also have a small army of children that can go fetch things from the colmado for me.

    Summer Camp done right 2009

  • I got ready quickly, went to the colmado and purchased some pan y guineos bread and banana for breakfast and then caught the next guagua to La Romana.

    We’re NOT in (Ar)Kansas anymore, Toto. 2008

  • We went to a couple of bars, hung out at a colmado, danced the night away.

    Mugged on My Birthday! 2008

  • Okay, our personal butler is just me sucking it up and going to the colmado next door to buy Gatorade and saltine crackers.

    travel itinerary 2008

  • Get sick the first weekend in another town...in front of the colmado with whole community watching. yes, Dr. Jane: think E.V. in Kenya

    So, I´m alive… 2007

  • The colorful colmado on every corner always sees people sitting outside, chatting over staticky merengue and drinking Brugal Rum and Coke.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Vilmarie Estrella 2011

  • She plans to use this loan to invest in her business running a colmado or small general store by stocking it with the essentials including rice, beans, mops, matches, charcoal, etc.

    Kiva Loans 2010

  • Her long-term goal is to turn her colmado into a full-fledged supermarket.

    Kiva Loans 2010

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