Oct 7, 2011
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Inter Press Service
VENEZUELA: Picking a Living in Hellish Landscape
Garbage pickers, emaciated dogs and carrion birds alike all hunt for items of value at the Cambalache garbage dump, before they have to give way to the smouldering fire that burns up to 900 tonnes of waste a day in the open air, spreading its smoke over Ciudad Guayana in northeastern Venezuela.
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AMAZONIA: Regional Social Forum a Boost for Chavez
CARACAS, Feb 4, 2004 - The Pan-Amazon Social Forum, a gathering of thousands of activists from nine South American countries, gets underway Thursday in Ciudad Guayana, in southeast Venezuela, with a component of solidarity for President Hugo ChA vez.
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