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As if life wasn't tough enough in Buenos Aires' slums, these residents face losing their homes.
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8 responses // Slum or Progress?

  • It is horrible for these people to live like this, how are they building these places, do they own the land or are they just building a home and then moving there? The treatment of people to have to live without running water in a city is horid. Maybe the city can relocate them into a neighborhood with running water in order to be able to proceed with the project and improve their lives as well. There has to be some way to use the project o improve the lives of the people through tax dollars already going into the plan. Maybe this new city manager is smart enough to come up an innovative way to reorganize the project to benefit the people who would have to move.
    dcrc9596
  • Imagine releasing the potential of a community that put up its own power and sewer!

    Viva la Villa 31
    mikeywally
  • Villa 31 is an unfortunate common reality in many parts of the world...

    The City should be ashamed of not providing the very basics. It wasn't clear from this video that they really cared about these people...

    The biggest struggle I see is against discrimination. When change comes it must include a mixed-use solution. Too may poor people confined to an area weakens the fight.
    ByrdC
  • I think that if they are to do any renovations or create better living area for "other" people that they could give those that live there a chance and allow them to live in the new development at a reduced rate for awhile. Give stipulations that if they abide by certain rules and such they can continue to live there at the reduce rate...as long as they living there would create a slum in the new development.

    I believe that would be fair and it would be an awesome investment for the city to look as great as it does elsewhere.

    Great pod. Informative.
    J_Jammer
  • great pod about an important issue in BA. so happy this is finally on air!
    Taigster
  • if you can check-out a quiet, beautiful film from argentina obliquely about this part of the city. It was made by maria victoria menis and was released in 2004. I got the chance to met the producer and husband of the director when he came to san fransico international film festival where I was working as a festival driver.

    el cielito, (2004)

    http://www.elcielitofilm.com/inicio.htm
    LucienRafagas
  • Another great documentary about gentrification in Barcelona's Barrio Chino.

    here is a youtube link to an interview with the films director -Jose Luis Guerin

    the film is called- En Construcció

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmh6-j9Eg0M
    LucienRafagas
  • you can watch the documentary- en construcció
    online here.

    http://www.megavideo.com/?v=ZUR7E08T
    LucienRafagas

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