Ratio Juris (Dec 2017)
Hunger and survival strategies in the city of Medellín
Abstract
The neighborhoods of La Cruz and Honda in the City of Medellín (Colombia) are made up of mostly displaced-displaced population of different parts of the department of Antioquia, with precarious economic conditions and a high rate of unemployment and underemployment. In this context, families generate different ways to survive and alleviate hunger, such as: El Recorrido, small loans, scavenging, retail, etc. Strategies that are investigated in the present article, In the context of a city that has been emphasizing, At world level, For their “progress” And its growing economy.
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