The Slums of Caracas, Venezuela

“One of the country’s tallest skyscrapers have also become its tallest slum.” The Tower of David began being built in 1990, but construction stopped in 1994 during Venezuela’s banking crisis. Squatters soon took over while the country faced a housing shortage. Vocativ took a peek at the “ghetto in the sky.” [via]

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