Living off Trash in Latin America
As a child growing up in Mexico, I often saw men, women, children and the elderly picking through other people’s trash, searching for reusable and…
Read MoreAs a child growing up in Mexico, I often saw men, women, children and the elderly picking through other people’s trash, searching for reusable and…
Read MoreIn the early 1970s, a plucky group of 200+ pepenadores (scavengers) in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, secured a 25-year concession to recover recyclable materials…
Read MoreI grew up in a Venezuelan oil camp. Ever since I can remember, I have heard both Spanish and English spoken all around me or conveyed through music or…
Read MoreMexico has recently opened up its oil industry, which had been under exclusive state control for the past 75 years, to private investment: a move that will very…
Read MoreIt began as most things do these days, with a simple Google search. Looking to flesh out my graduate seminar paper on the Lago Oil & Transport Company of…
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