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    Villa miseria (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbiʝa miˈseɾja]), villa de emergencia or just villa, is the informal term used in Argentina for shanty towns. The...
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    Villa 31, sometimes called Barrio Padre Mugica or Barrio 31, is a large villa miseria (slum) in the Retiro area of Buenos Aires, near the local railway...
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    known by various names in different places, such as favela in Brazil, villa miseria in Argentina and gecekondu in Turkey. Shanty towns are mostly found...
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    among citizens, community groups, businesses and local authorities. Villa miseria – a type of shanty town or slum found in Argentina Geography portal...
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    residents. In rural areas, the houses in the villas miseria might be made of mud and wood. Villas miseria are found around and inside the large cities...
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    slums. Informal settlements in Latin America are known by names such as villa miseria (Argentina), pueblos jóvenes (Peru) and asentamientos irregulares (Guatemala...
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  • Martín Fierro Award. El puntero is a political drama set in an Argentine Villa miseria. It is produced by Pol-Ka for the TV channel El Trece. Although El Trece...
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    produced hip hop beats and instrumentals for local rappers in Barrio 31, a villa miseria in Retiro. This was his first encounter with urban music, a style he...
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    poverty line. Since then, a sizable proportion of the population lives in villas miseria (shanty towns) lacking toilets, running water and other essential services...
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    profile by then, and became the site of one of the city's largest villa miseria slums. Villa Lugano was chosen as the site of the General Manuel Savio housing...
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    (Venezuela) Cantegril (Uruguay) Favela (Brazil) Campamento (Chile) Villa Miseria (Argentina) Ghetto (United States) Colonia (United States) Lloyd, Peter...
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    slums. Informal settlements in Latin America are known by names such as villa miseria (Argentina), pueblos jóvenes (Peru) and asentamientos irregulares (Guatemala...
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    revolutionary." —Emir Kusturica, film director With his poor shanty town (villa miseria) upbringing, Maradona cultivated a man-of-the-people persona. During...
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    Homelessness Occupation (protest) Pavement dwellers Pueblos jóvenes Rooftop slum Shanty town Slum Squatters union Tent city Tree sitting Villa miseria Category...
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    Kibera Komboni Pueblos jóvenes Shanty town Slum Township (South Africa) Villa miseria Favelas List of favelas in Brazil Heliópolis Rocinha Ribeiro, Darcy...
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    Kingdom) Shanty town Skid row Tent city Trailer park Urban village (China) Villa miseria (slums in Argentina) "What are slums and why do they exist?" Archived...
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    novel Villa Miseria también es América (roughly "Povertyville is also [a part of] America") gave its popular name to Argentina's shanty towns (villas miseria)...
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  • Homelessness Occupation (protest) Pavement dwellers Pueblos jóvenes Rooftop slum Shanty town Slum Squatters union Tent city Tree sitting Villa miseria Category...
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    2020. Berkins, Lohana (October 2006). "Travestis: una identidad política". Villa Giardino, Córdoba: Work presented in the panel "Sexualidades contemporáneas"...
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    de la Plata, neighborhoods become increasingly poor, and two large villas miseria (slums) are found close to the river. These areas often experience severe...
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  • ("point"). Itatí, Corrientes Itatí Department Our Lady of Itatí Itatí, villa miseria near La Plata Itatí Cantoral female name This disambiguation page lists...
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    started planning for the Villa Lugano public housing development to replace what was then one of the largest villa miseria slums in Buenos Aires. During...
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  • colleague, Father Nicolás, and the social worker Luciana, work in a villa miseria in Buenos Aires, Argentina known as Ciudad Oculta (Hidden City). Together...
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  • language"), and deals with themes such as the everyday life in the villas miseria (slums), poverty and misery, the use of hard drugs, promiscuity and/or...
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    the periphery of Buenos Aires from the 1930s onwards and are known as villa miseria. After the 1998–2002 Argentine great depression, 311 worker cooperatives...
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    Rodríguez Larreta; Bueno's family, business associates and his fans. A villa miseria in Buenos Aires' Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve was named after him...
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    political and social participation. Formed mainly by priests active in villas miserias (shantytowns) and workers' neighborhoods, the Movement of Priests for...
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    story of Cleopatra, a transvestite who becomes a religious leader in a villa miseria and who later begins a lesbian relationship with a journalist named...
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  • social tragedies of these times, painting in particular life in the villas miseria (shanty towns). Following the Revolución Libertadora military coup,...
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    between the 1960s and 1980s. Synonymous terms for campamentos include "villas miserias" (misery slums), "colonias populares" (popular colonies), and "barrios...
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