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Managua dump

This dump in Managua is inhabited by 2,000 to 3,000 people. They pick through the trash to find food and stuff to sell. These are the worst living conditions that I have ever seen. The government has made attempts to get the people out but they keep coming back. Children jump on to the garbage trucks as they drive in and start to sort through the trash while the truck is still moving. There is less competition for them if they do this before the truck stops to unload.

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Uploaded on April 6, 2009
Taken on January 12, 2004