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