A tale of two cities

Buenos Aires’ poorest slums sit across the train tracks from luxury malls, apartments and hotels. Tired of feeling invisible, people living in the shanties are staging a hunger strike in the city’s centre to demand an end to the squalor. At 19:30 GMT Monday, we explore life in the “villas miserias”, neighborhoods of misery, and ask how Argentina and other countries like it are grappling with inequality in urbanization.   

In this episode of The Stream, we speak with: 

Diego Guelar @diegoguelar
Spokesperson, Proquesta Republican Proposal Organization

Teodelina Basavilbaso @TeodelinaB
Multimedia journalist
unasalidadeemergencia.wordpress.com

Adrián Lutvak @adrianltvk
Hunger striker

David Satterthwaite @dsatterthwaite
Urban planner, IIED 

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