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Cuba's national electrical grid collapsed late on Friday (March 14), leading to widespread blackouts across the Caribbean ...

The mass of shanties on the sixth floor of a landmark is no Tower of David, the skyscraper that Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez gave slum-dwellers, but it is home to many families for decades The City of ...

The vineyards at Campos de Solana, in Bolivia’s Tarija region, which produces wine and a spirit called singani.Credit...Nick Ballón for The New York Times In the South American country’s ...

Dhaka's sprawling slums have long been a symbol of hardship, but a worsening crisis is now intensifying the struggles of their residents — the alarming rise of drug addiction. A field visit to various ...

Poor people in vast city slums across the Global South are burning plastic to cook their food, warm their homes and boil water for hot showers. Waste plastic is plentiful and highly flammable.

LA PAZ (Reuters) -A bus crash in Bolivia on Monday killed at least 31 people and wounded over a dozen more, according to local police. The driver of the bus likely lost control of the vehicle ...

VIJAYAWADA: Om Shanti Charitable Trust, Vijayawada, an NGO, has become a lifeline for the underprivileged, particularly in slums. Founded by Chartered Accountant Sri Lakshmi Pinnamaneni ...

Bolivia has infamously dangerous roads, particularly in mountainous areas, which can be winding and narrow. The accident happened between the cities of Potosí and Oruro, police said. The ...