Latest update: 06/03/2012 

- Argentina - development - malnutrition - poverty


Argentina's forgotten province

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Argentina, once the world’s bread basket, can no longer feed some of its own people. In the northern province of Chaco, the forests have made way for transgenic soya and cattle. Gradually driven from their lands, the indigenous communities can no longer support themselves. In recent years, dozens of children have died from malnutrition and poverty. We went to meet these forgotten families and those who are trying to help them.

By Sébastien Renouil

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