Argentina: Ocho de Mayo informal settlement

Carlos Tolosa, a resident of Ocho de Mayo, worked in a metallurgic factory until 1989, when the company laid off some of its workers. "We are promised many things but never get anything, only the rich do."
Informal settlements started to appear in the 1980s, coinciding with the end of full employment and the failure of the import substitution and industrialization model adopted by the Argentinean government

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Contained in galleries: Argentina: Ocho de Mayo

Carlos Tolosa, a resident of Ocho de Mayo, worked in a metallurgic factory until 1989, when the company laid off some of its workers. "We are promised many things but never get anything, only the rich do."<br />
Informal settlements started to appear in the 1980s, coinciding with the end of full employment and the failure of the import substitution and industrialization model adopted by the Argentinean government