As part of The Indy’s villa series, we revisit Kristie Robinson’s 2006 article on a photography project run out of the Ciudad Oculta, which just turned ten.
by Kristie Robinson, 31 January 2011.
As part of The Indy’s villa series, we revisit Kristie Robinson’s 2006 article on a photography project run out of the Ciudad Oculta, which just turned ten.
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by Mateo Hinojosa, 24 January 2011.
As part of our villa series, we revisit Mateo Hinojosa’s 2008 article on Julio Arrieta’s film production company run out of Villa 21, one of Buenos Aires’ many shantytowns.
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by Sam Walker, 17 January 2011.
As part of our on-going villa series, looking at Buenos Aires’ shantytowns, we revisit Sam Walker’s 2008 article on Goal’s for Girls, a football project run out of Villa 31.
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by Sam Mustafa, 10 January 2011.
Sam Mustafa meets the participants of Buenos Aires Youth Orchestra, a city government scheme that gives children from impoverished backgrounds classical musical training.
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by Jessie Akin, 07 January 2011.
Jessie Akin focuses her lens on Pablo Lobos who sells editions of ‘Hecho en Buenos Aires’ on the streets of the capital and lives in his house with his wife and daughter in the southern suburbs.
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by Rachael Getzels, 03 January 2011.
A four-storey, bright purple, cement building is due to become Buenos Aires’ first villa hotel in March. But not everyone in Villa 31 believes the project to be a good thing, as Rachael Getzels discovers.
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by Rachael Getzels, 20 December 2010.
As part of The Indy’s villa series focussing on Buenos Aires’ shantytowns, Rachael Getzels meets Guido Fuentes, a hairdresser who runs a beauty school out of his two-room house.
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by Laura Mojonnier, 15 December 2010.
A network of three, twice-weekly fairs just outside of Buenos Aires, La Salada has been referred to as both South America’s biggest mall and as its biggest black market, taking $15bn last year.
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by Agustín Frizzera, 13 December 2010.
In the first part of our Villa series, Agustín Frizzera takes a look at the radical urbanisation process underway in Villa 31, where for the first time, the residents will have a direct say in their own future.
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by Sarah Gill, 10 December 2010.
The longest strike in the University of Buenos Aires’ history may have ended, but the problems that led to the students taking the faculties are not resolved, as Sarah Gill discovers.
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This week we revisit Sanra Ritten's piece from 2008 which is the ultimate guide to 'naughty' Argentine slang and expressions.