New Vocativ Video Depicts Life in the World's Tallest Slum in Caracas, Venezuela

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Wed, 2013-08-28 23:20 — Kathy Gilbeaux

inhabitat.com - by Lidija Grozdanic - August 27, 2013

An unfinished 45-story skyscraper in Caracas, Venezuela, is known as the world’s tallest vertical slum. The dilapidated building symbolizes the country’s socialist turn under Hugo Chavez's leadership. A new video by Vocativ media startup offers a rare look at the building and communities formed inside and around it.

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