Alvarez (40) poses in the streets of San Miguel de Tucuman, in front of posters announcing the upcoming presidential election in April of 2003.
Argentine – San Miguel de Tucuman – 12/02 63,8 % de la population vit dans la pauvreté dans une province qui demeure une des premières exportatrices d’agrumes au monde. Aujourd’hui, alors que le FMI demande le remboursement de la dette, la corruption et l’incompétence des politiques poussent une population au bord du désespoir.
Argentina – San Miguel de Tucuman – December 2002. 63.8% of the population lives in poverty in a province which remains nonetheless one of the world’s foremost exporters of citrus fruit. Today, while the IMF demands that Argentina reimburse its debts, the corruption and incompetency of politicians has pushed the population to desperation.
Jorge, San Miguel de Tucuman, the suburbs, garbage dump of Loz Vasquez. Hundreds of kids search for cardboard, glass, rags, to sell them for more or less 10 pesos cents (3.5 pesos = 1 US dollar).San Miguel de Tucuman, the suburbs, garbage dump of Loz Vasquez. Hundreds of kids search for cardboard, glass, rags, to sell them for more or less 10 pesos cents (3.5 pesos = 1 US dollar).San Miguel de Tucuman, the suburbs, garbage dump of Loz Vasquez.San Miguel de Tucuman, the suburbs, garbage dump of Loz Vasquez. Hundreds of kids search for cardboard, glass, rags, to sell them for more or less 10 pesos cents (3.5 pesos = 1 US dollar).Jorge, San Miguel de Tucuman, the suburbs, garbage dump of Loz Vasquez. Hundreds of kids search for cardboard, glass, rags, to sell them for more or less 10 pesos cents (3.5 pesos = 1 US dollar).San Miguel de Tucuman, the suburbs, garbage dump of Loz Vasquez.Banda Padilla, town near San Miguel de Tucuman. Yessica, (1 year and 7 months old) with her mother Marta Oliveira. Third level undernurishment
Argentina – San Miguel de Tucuman – December 2002. 63.8% of the population lives in poverty in a province which remains nonetheless one of the world’s foremost exporters of citrus fruit. Today, while the IMF demands that Argentina reimburse its debts, the corruption and incompetency of politicians has pushed the population to desperation. In Banda Padilla, not far from San Miguel de Tucuman, Yessica (19 months old, in the third stage of malnutrition) rests in the arms of her mother, Marta Oliveira.
The Chalie family, one of the hundred families who live in the rough makeshift shelters on the outskirts of San Miguel de Tucuman.
Near San Miguel de Tucuman, in the shantytown known as « Los Vasquez ». Veronica Soldanos (21) poses with her daughter Nena Daniela Soldanos (5).
Near the « Los Vasquez » garbage dump, the Caritas Argentinas celebrates mass with children of the shantytowns.In San Miguel de Tucuman, thousands of people register at the CEDECO union for the defense of unemployed workers. They receive an allowance of 150 pesos a month (1 euro = 3.50 pesos).In San Miguel de Tucuman, thousands of people register at the CEDECO union for the defense of unemployed workers. They receive an allowance of 150 pesos a month (1 euro = 3.50 pesos).
