venezuela
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This 45-Storey Slum Could Finally Become A Finished Skyscraper
There is perhaps no unfinished skyscraper more infamous than Torre de David, a 45-storey shell of a building that has informally housed about 5000 Venezuelans since 2007. Now the property that has become known as the world’s tallest slum is being acquired by Chinese investors, and this week, the government began evicting residents.
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The Mobile App Driving Venezuela’s Anti-Government Protests
Zello is a walkie-talkie app made by a small company based in Austin, Texas — but if you’ve heard of it, it’s probably because you’ve been following the news in Venezuela or Ukraine. Some of its biggest users are protesters taking to the streets. The app’s creators hadn’t planned on getting involved in political revolutions,…
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Man Stranded In Airport For Four Months Disappears Mysteriously
This man is not Tom Hanks. Or Mehran Karimi Nasseri, the Iranian who lived in Charles de Gaulle’s Terminal One from August 1988 to July 2006. This guy’s name is Parameswaran. He’s from Sri Lanka and he was stranded in Caracas’ international airport in Venezuela for four months.
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Squatters Live In A 45-Story Skyscraper With No Elevator. They Have DirecTV Though
Squatters in Venezuela have found a home in an unfinished 45-story skyscraper in Venezuela. They call their home the “Tower of David”, after the financier who tried to build it in the ’90s. People live up to the 28th floor in the elevator-less building and have jury-rigged electricity and water to every inhabited floor. Some…