Uruguay plan to regularize 676 shanty towns (200.000 people), most in Montevideo

Tuesday, August 30th 2011 - 03:53 UTC

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Uruguay announced it will invest 150 million dollars for the eradication of shanty towns, 90% of which are located in Montevideo, half of them in contaminated and flood-prone areas. Read full article

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xbarilox
“676 shanty towns” ??? is that right??? in Uruguay??? I didn't know there were so many shanty towns in Uruguay, when I go to Montevideo or Colonia I don't see shanty towns, where are they?
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GeoffWard2
What a good idea.
Can we do it in Brasil, please.
Sep 04th, 2011 - 12:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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