Article 2H3VT 'A runaway crisis': Argentina activists aid shanty towns state has left behind

'A runaway crisis': Argentina activists aid shanty towns state has left behind

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Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires
from World news | The Guardian on (#2H3VT)

Despite the president's 'zero poverty' pledge, a third of the country lives below the line - spurring action from a team who grew up in the towns themselves

With a red star and a the face of Che Guevara emblazoned on its side, the ambulance winds its way through the dingy streets of Villa 1-11-14, a sprawling Buenos Aires shanty town so neglected by the city government that - despite being home to over 25,000 people - it does not even have a name.

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